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RE: Announcerese
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See here ......
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September 09, 2003 02:21
RE: Announcerese
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Although there have been railways (and plateways - where the flange is on the rail, not the wheel) f......
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September 07, 2003 03:48
RE: Announcerese
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"At a stand" is UK railway jargon for stopped. There is a mass of rail jargon and, as Wordnerd says,......
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September 05, 2003 08:41
RE: Cultural differences
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Maybe this US oversensitivity explains why rugger has never become a popular game in the USA. Richa......
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September 02, 2003 05:29
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I suppose it's a commentary on the respective sizes of the USA and the UK that the twin villages of ......
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August 31, 2003 02:51
RE: Lint
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I learnt yesterday from an article in the "Radio Times" (arguably on of the UK's best written magazi......
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August 31, 2003 02:18
RE: Irony
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Of all the multi-national megabrewers there are, so far as I am concerened Guinness is the only one ......
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August 30, 2003 06:06
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It is a strange fact that the Northerners (say north of Birmingham) are very concerned about what th......
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August 29, 2003 11:12
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In the UK a Company Secretary is a very exhalted position - right up there with the Managing Directo......
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August 29, 2003 10:06
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I haven't tried many Japanese beers but those I've tried are just identikit beers. Remember, in most......
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August 26, 2003 11:31
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I can claim to be the originator of a term that I have now seen used elsewhere - catapostrophe - an ......
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August 23, 2003 03:19
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I drank some Texan beer once - at the Texas stand in the World Travel Market. The large man in a lar......
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August 23, 2003 03:05
RE: Quotations
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And the economist says that there is a danger of deflation so we'll devalue the glass by making it h......
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August 23, 2003 03:00
RE: Great e-mails
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I forecast that both coins will come out shiny bright and both teeth will be little, if at all, chan......
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August 21, 2003 14:22
RE: Great e-mails
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Well, there's the surprisingly persistent myth that Anheuser Busch and Millers brew beer and the ass......
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August 21, 2003 10:05
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Nor do I. It tastes positively foul! Richard English...
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August 20, 2003 23:56
RE: The world's funniest joke?
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You are correct. Real football can have any score from 0-0 upwards. Richard English...
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August 16, 2003 05:01
RE: The world's funniest joke?
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This joke was made famous by Wilfrid Hyde White (the patient) and Hattie Jaques (the matron) in one ......
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August 15, 2003 05:13
RE: Sounds
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We had an English master who, when the bell for the end of class rang, would swirl his gown around h......
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August 13, 2003 09:21
RE: Words from Characters in Homer's Odyssey
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Which means that of my two examples, tutee and coachee, the latter could be considered valid, since ......
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