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RE: And the same poll for the rest of the world
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For me the name of that place would be purgatory! Richard English...
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February 01, 2003 13:02
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Please read what I wrote before sounding off! I said that "we have a greater range of beers, wines a......
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February 01, 2003 12:54
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I didn't want to rub it in... Richard English...
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February 01, 2003 09:42
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Since we have a greater range of beers, wines and spirits from which to choose than anywhere else in......
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February 01, 2003 03:52
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So I did! I wondered why it wasn't as close as it should have been! Nevertheless I stick by my form......
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January 31, 2003 14:55
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This is important, of course, since US pints are significantly smaller than UK pints in any case. M......
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January 30, 2003 23:09
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To convert easily from centigrade to Fahrenheit, double the centigrade figure and add 30. So 20 degr......
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January 30, 2003 12:30
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Rolls-Royce have only made around 150,000 cars in their 100-year history. (GM probably make that man......
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January 30, 2003 12:23
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We used to use the expression "mingy" or "mingey" to describe someone or something that that was som......
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January 30, 2003 12:16
RE: Verbing of nouns re-revisited
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Yes, I saw it too. However, it, too, admits that Booth took out the first patent and carefully omits......
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January 30, 2003 12:11
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The Rolls-Royce company took over the Bentley company in the early 1930s and all Bentleys were made ......
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January 29, 2003 23:02
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Michael Jackson is the doyen of beer writers and his World Guide is the definitive work. He has a we......
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January 29, 2003 22:51
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I enjoy dancing. I spent a lot of time learning to dance in my last year at school. I have all the ......
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January 29, 2003 11:30
The verb "to suck"
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I am aware of the vulgar origins of this term when used in the sense "American beer sucks", and thus......
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January 29, 2003 10:07
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The latest posting I have seen suggest that, according to Michael Jackson, there are now around 1500......
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January 29, 2003 09:51
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Indeed this is so. But the device that the American was demonstrating blew the air into the carpet a......
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January 29, 2003 02:03
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In view of the dubious benefits that seem to accrue from consumption of the alternatives cited here,......
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January 28, 2003 11:44
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In fact, my aunt had a Goblin vacuum cleaner and she called it the Gimpy (or was it Jimpy) which was......
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January 28, 2003 11:23
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Interestingly, although "hoover" has become a generic term (much like "biro" and "thermos") - the va......
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January 27, 2003 22:59
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As I mentioned in my recent FOTA post, I believe that L'Acadamie Francais stands little chance of ma......
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