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#119941 01/15/04 08:52 PM
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Nuh-unh. It can't be irony. Father Steve's an USn.


#119942 01/15/04 08:59 PM
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Yeah, but an ejumicated one ...


#119943 01/15/04 09:18 PM
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Faldage trots out a lot of "odd" expressions -- when I ask him whence, he credits his time in the Navy. I just nod and say, "yes, dear."

thanks, Pfranz! I'm starting to get it!


#119944 01/19/04 02:19 AM
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Poor dear ... has "haiku" and "limerick" all confused. He must have been distracted from the pain of pruning his bonsai. That's gotta hurt.


#119945 01/19/04 02:28 AM
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pruning his bonsai Oh, no--you don't...surely...you couldn't...mean what I think you mean??
Homophony? I declay-uh, Miz Spahtah, I am shocked, just shocked!


#119946 02/10/04 08:00 PM
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from the gang at wordorigins:

http://www.zhongwen.com/m/hello.htm


#119947 02/10/04 10:36 PM
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>zhongwen.com

Which, apropos of the this thread's title, has been on my list for many months now.


#119948 02/20/04 06:09 PM
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found this one today as I was looking "out":
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm

worth a peruse...

edit ah, sorry, I see that you have indirectly already linked to this via your slang dictionaries link... I guess I'll leave the link anywho...


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