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Re: Fishmonger's logic
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BranShea
Today at 03:47 AM
Allright, of course ,40 euro the kg. unfilleted. Sold!
Aye, "Fish is dearly bought". A famous quote from a famous
folk playwrite in the 19th century. Still used in everyday language for outrageous fees and tragedies at sea.
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Re: number of words in English
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Faldage
Yesterday at 06:52 PM
Originally Posted By: The Pook Originally Posted By: Faldage Originally Posted By: The PookThe languages with the most words are probably fairly unknown tribal languages spoken by few people. Australian Aboriginal languages for exampl
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parapraxis
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Winifred Sherman
Yesterday at 12:00 PM
Concerning Andrew Billen's jibe at Marr's pronunciation of Gough Square: How exactly does the native population pronounce that name? We were recently in London visiting Dr Johnson's house, and I cannot remember hearing any strange sounding pronunciat
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Re: The Royal We
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Zed
07/22/08 01:47 AM
If you use the Royal we on the internet you have to divide the number of your posts by at least 2 and it takes forever to become a Pooh-Bah.
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Re: Romanes eunt domus
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zmjezhd
07/21/08 07:46 PM
and it shows up in all the other cases
It's a neuter noun, so the nominative and accusative singular are both gramma, while the other cases use the stem grammat as Faldo says.
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Kenst du vos yidish?
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Faldage
07/20/08 04:07 PM
Two professors at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati are conducting a survey to see how much Yiddish has affected US and Canadian English. If you're a native speaker of either of these varieties of English and you have 10 to 15 minutes to spare go t
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Re: One does not advance
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BranShea
07/20/08 02:06 PM
Much better than what I thought. I thought:
'Why would ducks who are already big enough to lay eggs have to advance their swimming abilities?'
And why throw their eggs in the water? Good logic thinking.
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Re: New Word?
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Zed
07/18/08 11:55 PM
We use texture in much the same way. I just meant the addition of shades of meaning for something more interesting than a flat statement.
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