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In today's Sluggy comic during a fight with the demon with the squid-on-a-stick, Torg cries out "LEGGO". Could there be a hidden meaning to this misspelling of one of my favorite things? Could it be the way to fight evil demons is to conjour <sp?> (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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(...) LOL! I never thought of it that way. Hmm, what other "take a ..." idioms does English have...? Take a bath Take a break/breather Take a guess Take a shot/stab [at it] Take a [various euphamisms for expulsion of liquid waste] Take a [various (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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Hi Andreas, Hi James (and all other readers as well!!) (...) Well yes in a way! "Auf Wiedersehen!" is just used in spoken language. In formal letters it will be "Mit freundlichen Gruessen" which means something like "Yours sincerely" Or "Kind (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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(...) Oh, yes. That is a major problem for me, or at least used to be. At first I would translate idioms and phrases, and no one would know what the hell I'm talking about. ;-) ...now I'm pretty accustomed to English slang and phrases, so it happens (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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(...) Its Auf WiederSEHEN :) (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Language fun (was Re: High Speed...)
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(...) Is that what you call "Auf Wiederlesen"? As much as I am consistently impressed with the mastery of English of our ESL[1] members, I also enjoy reverse translating to see what the original thought might have been. So many good "word-turns" (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun)
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| | Survivor poll (was Space Football at my Pathetic Website!)
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Everyone but Timmy has been voted up making him an assured first-round survivor! Must have been some Timmy sympathizer with wwaaayyyyy too much time on their hands. John #388 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Space Football at my Pathetic Website!
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(...) Something's gone terribly wrong with that poll: almost all the island inhabitatnts now have eitehr 469 or 470 votes. Looks like someone's been auto-stuffing. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Space Football at my Pathetic Website!
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Nobody suggested that use in the last huddle over what to do with those funny bricks! -Erik (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.people)
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(...) "Go Crazy?" "Don't mind if I do! Aaaa...aaahhh...hhh!" :) Amazing how much of my brain is used for quoting the Simpsons... -Jeremiah- (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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