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#139704 02/23/05 05:37 PM
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Sorry to disappoint you so bitterly, oh great one ...


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Thanks, Mav', for Worchestershire. I was correct in my thinking! Amazing.


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>How do you tell where you're from?

I generally look at my birth certificate.

[ducking and running for cover-e]



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Yeahbut(c)[sic]

Ceaster, et al. are from the Latin castrum, fort. I had always thought that caer was Gaelic. I guess I could see it coming from the Latin, too.


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Does castrum have anything to do with cutting?


#139709 02/25/05 02:03 AM
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anything to do with cutting?

Nor with beavers, neither.


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In reply to:

"can I have a bed for the night I fly in dude?"


Hey! I resemble that remark! I already know which bar, tho'.


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Back to the original question:

How do I tell where I'm from?

Just check my birth certificate.




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I say "I'm from Kentucky," unless I'm talking to Jackie in which case I just say that I'm from Georgetown.


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