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Topic Options #207751 - 10/23/12 12:24 PM cock a doodly do..... LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5373 Loc: Land of the Flat Water An ignorant Yorkshireman having occasion to go to France, was surprised on his arrival to hear the men speaking French, the women speaking French, and the children jabbering away in the same tongue. In the height of the perplexity which this occasioned, he retired to his hotel, and awakened in the morning by the cock crowing, whereupon he burst into a wild exclamation of astonishment and delight, crying, ‘Thank goodness! there’s English at last!’ – Tit-Bits From All the Most Interesting Books, Periodicals and Newspapers in the World, Dec. 10, 1881 _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #207752 - 10/23/12 12:31 PM Re: cock a doodly do..... [Re: LukeJavan8] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 Nuh uh. French roosters go "qui-qui-ri-qui!" Top #207754 - 10/23/12 12:37 PM Re: cock a doodly do..... [Re: Faldage] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5373 Loc: Land of the Flat Water If you say so. yuk,yuk _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210119 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (wofahulicodoc), 51 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 endymion6 68 wofahulicodoc 67 jenny jenny 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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