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RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again...
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When making comparisons between what you know about internal UK geography and what we know about int......
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May 15, 2011 02:29
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I blame the confusion about Wessex on Thomas Hardy who used it as the fictional setting (though base......
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May 15, 2011 02:01
RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again...
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But as I said British counties aren't the equivalent of American states. I live here and probably co......
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May 14, 2011 12:16
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May 14, 2011 00:54
RE: No Brit should EVER accuse an American of being parochial again...
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They specifically asked for US states so I think your objection may be invalid....
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May 13, 2011 13:20
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It wasn't geography (they said) but frankly anyone who thinks Mexico is a state (or Orlando for that......
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May 13, 2011 12:15
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I was watching a quiz show. People in it compete in pairs. In round one one of the pair has to give ......
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May 13, 2011 08:53
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I was going to say pretty much exactly what zm said. Probably in the same words....
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May 11, 2011 03:25
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I've sent you two now....
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May 08, 2011 01:57
RE: What did he say?
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Well, all I can say is that while logically it means the opposite, a phrase like "I wouldn't be surp......
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May 08, 2011 01:17
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So you haven't heard things like, to choose an example not quite at random, "There ain't no logic to......
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May 07, 2011 06:14
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That's the whole point. It's language not logic. Negatives don't always cancel. There ain't no logi......
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May 07, 2011 04:31
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It's over-negation but it's EXTREMELY common in normal speech. I wouldn't think twice (or even once......
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May 07, 2011 02:03
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May 07, 2011 01:58
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May 07, 2011 01:54
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Couldn't tell you. I never watch sport. I don't know a tennis bat from cricket stick....
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May 05, 2011 02:59
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Not being any kind of sports fan, I wasn't sure what a color man was so I Googled it. I found out i......
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May 05, 2011 02:16
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You parse it as if it said "I wouldn't be surprised if it's bothering him." Language Log has over ......
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May 05, 2011 01:59
RE: Why did no one tell me?
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Now I think of it I'm surprised that ......
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May 04, 2011 03:10
RE: Why did no one tell me?
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And while I'm asking, how did an illegal immigrant from another planet get US citizenship in the fir......
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