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RE: Am I a mutt?
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It sounds to me as though it's a rotten style guide! Anything that is quoted verbatim should be enc......
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January 14, 2003 01:17
RE: Am I a mutt?
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I Believe the style guide to be wrong. My usual question when trying to decide the order of punctua......
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January 13, 2003 13:27
More about beer
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There is a US site, with a discussion board, that those who are interested in pursuing their newly-a......
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January 13, 2003 09:02
RE: Honker's
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There is a learning situation here. As children we like sweet things naturally and tend to dislike......
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January 13, 2003 01:37
RE: Am I a mutt?
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There is a difference here between UK and US English, although, according to Oxford, the term has th......
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January 13, 2003 01:18
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Yes. It's a word that's commonly used, though and I suspect that it's here for the medium term, at l......
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January 12, 2003 05:37
RE: Mythical Places
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I agree that this is rather far from the purpose of this board so will not try to instigate an in-de......
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January 12, 2003 02:46
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I have never been there but someone once told me that the falls are actually rather small. He shared......
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January 12, 2003 02:40
RE: Mythical Places
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Shangri-La is supposedly in the Himalayas, near to Tibet. Chinese government restrictions permitting......
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January 11, 2003 15:02
RE: Mythical Places
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When I was travel agent I heard this phrase and others like it many times. Obviously it would have b......
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January 11, 2003 14:56
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Nothing difficult; it is simply a style that has gone out of fashion and is thus rare. There are man......
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January 11, 2003 09:37
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Quote "...After the city in northwest Africa, in what is now Mali. Timbuktu was at one time a major ......
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January 11, 2003 04:33
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My original description was of the IPA (India Pale Ale) and I think I prefer it to the Honker's, if ......
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January 11, 2003 02:13
RE: SNAFU
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Plenty! As Michael Quinion has observed more than once, words created from acroynyms are a relative......
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January 11, 2003 01:49
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For the benefit of those living in the USA I am in a position to tell you that Goose Island Brewery ......
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January 10, 2003 12:25
RE: Different things to different people
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I suppose we should not be surprised about the somewhat puritanical attitude of some Americans when ......
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January 10, 2003 12:15
RE: Drink-related words
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I suppose you could always use it to trap slugs and snails in the garden. Richard English...
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January 09, 2003 13:39
RE: Where do you park your car?
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Absolutely. I would not expect my statement to be taken as 100% accurate or 100% complete. It is ju......
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January 09, 2003 13:38
RE: Drink-related words
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Yes, but the problem is that you'd have had to have drunk the beer! Richard English...
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January 09, 2003 13:34
RE: Where do you park your car?
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Indeed, but nonsense is nonsense no matter how it's presented! Richard English...
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