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Question: How long does it take a new thread to get "off track"
As soon as it meets a bear called Fred,
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> a bear called Fred< I don't a bear called Fred.. I know Fuzzy Wuzzy bear.. and the famous Mondagreen bear, Gladly (the Crossed-eyed bear)...
who is a bear called Fred?
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>...a bear called Fred.
did I miss the "calling a thread a Fred" thread, or is this just some private campaign that you Brits have unspooled?
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Dunno about a Brit campaign, but Fred for thread is obviously Brit in origin - given the habits of pronunciation that some groups in London have...
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ask ShonaAt first I thought somebody had a lisp and we were talking about containers for a soft drink with vegetable extracts. Very confuthing. Tho I athked Webthter, and Webthter, he thay: coeˇlaˇcanth Etymology: ultimately from Greek koilos hollow akantha spine : any of an order (Coelacanthiformes) of lobe-finned fishes known chiefly from Paleozoic and Mesozoic fossils
"Hollow spine"? Nah. Hollow skull, possibly. Hollow legs - or rather hollow (lobed) fins - almost definitely. Oh, I just wanted to say "Hey!" to all you Ayleurs out there. Perhaps that should be "Hail Ayleurs!" as "Hey! Ayleurs" sounds like it's leading up to a telling-off. "Hello Ayleurs!" is right out for now, as an "s" has a tendency to creep in between the two words, and Rhub (fellow enthusiastic Ayleur) has had enough of Swan Lake, apparently. So how should one Ayleur greet another? I mean another Ayleur, of course. Well, being Ayleurs, we're never going to agree on that one, are we? -------------------------------------------------------- BELATED AFTERTHOUGHToops.-----------------------------------------------------
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My hackles are going up. I am not an ayleur. I do not want to be an ayleur. I have already forgotten what the letters stand for, as I have the first F in FF. Too gol-durned many new-fangled doohickies 'round this-here place fer me!
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I am not an ayleur
I'm gonna have to agree with Jackie on this one guys. About twice a day I have to stop and think what does ayleu stand for (can't just let an acronym go by without knowing what it means) and it doesn't even mean anything!
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and it doesn't even mean anything!This sounds exactly like the Von Trapp children telling Maria that do-re-mi means nothing. Of course, as any etymologist knows, Ayleu = anything you like - except unanimous. The 'r' at the end is gratuitous - much like most of us. BTW Jackie - I love the polite little 'Grr' with which you titled your post. Very ladylike! cheer the sunshine (grooming fur) warrior
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Thanks Rhubarb! It looks like Jackie could do with a drink. Hernando's?
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Thank you, shanks and paulb! It's nice to know that somebody cares, even if (shanks) we disagree! Er--what's Hernando's, please? Whatever it is, I think I could do with one or six about now, never mind that it's eight o'clock in the morning. pss-st--can't resist: I still don't like ayleur! Take that, you linguaphile/philosopher, you!
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