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RE: Square
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Don't want to argue with you, Richard, but when I visited the HMS Victory not only did the tour guid......
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May 14, 2006 10:30
RE: British vs. American English
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First of all, cigarettes are not cheap here, being heavily taxed in order to discourage the filthy h......
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May 12, 2006 15:52
RE: EU: Politically correct speech on terrorists
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The BBC avoids the use of "terrorist" in it's bulletins, substituting "militant" instead, which just......
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May 10, 2006 04:30
RE: Is there a word for it?
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May 10, 2006 04:23
RE: Square
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Always thought that the term "square meal" arose because Royal Navy sailors ate their food from squa......
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May 10, 2006 04:19
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What's the difference between a flat and an apartment? About £100,000! One thing that really gets o......
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May 04, 2006 01:20
RE: Is there a word for it?
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Trying to be tactful to the person concerned perhaps? The word "brilliant" is a bit too much, maybe ......
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May 04, 2006 01:13
RE: With the greatest respect...
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"With the greatest respect"= "You're talking bollocks!" Or at least that's what I always assumed in ......
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April 28, 2006 05:43
RE: Stations
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Of course, if you've ever watched "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" they encounter aliens who's languag......
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April 26, 2006 16:03
Kennel?
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The second of my (possibly) pointless contributions. A mate of mine used the Americanism "In the dog......
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April 26, 2006 15:57
Tunnel/funnel?
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Because I'm too bone idle to find the eymology of these words I'll ask you fine people instead! I wa......
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April 26, 2006 15:48
RE: P as in "Phyllis"
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Plus of course it's why the North Vietnamese were nicknamed "Charlie"- Viet Cong=VC= Victor Charlie....
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April 24, 2006 01:39
RE: P as in "Phyllis"
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The armed forces use many words differently for clarity of use over radios, etc. In addition to the ......
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April 24, 2006 01:36
RE: Lint
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Placenames? How about "Crackpot" in Yorkshire? Or "Pity Me" or "No Place"- good real ale pub there R......
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April 13, 2006 16:46
RE: Aye, it's a bit femma!
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Incidentally, Stan, the reason I spelt it "femma" rather than "femmer" was simply that's how it soun......
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April 06, 2006 01:08
RE: Ironics
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Should have added (maniacal laughter) to the above perhaps! Why do mad scientists, etc. enjoy laughi......
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April 06, 2006 00:46
RE: Ironics
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Maybe I'll steal Mencken's idea and patent it as my own, adding it to all our new keyboards- I'll be......
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April 05, 2006 10:09
RE: Aye, it's a bit femma!
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One thing though, around here- I'm in North Shields at the moment- "Femma" or "femmer" is only ever ......
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April 05, 2006 09:56
RE: Aye, it's a bit femma!
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Hi Stan! Aha! Well, that's interesting! It would suggest that it is part of the old mining patois. I......
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April 05, 2006 09:53
RE: Letter writing
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Kalleh, generalisations are as ever the problem! I've travelled many miles in the USA without any pr......
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April 02, 2006 09:59
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