 | | Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Paul Baulch
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| | | Shiri Dori wrote in message ... (...) US (...) believe (...) I would agree that the U.S. "store sales" posts in .general belong in loc.us, and would like to see that happen. Still, LUGNET on the whole feels fairly US-oriented to me, and there are (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | Quick wee nitpicks from a USian with Canadian and British affinities: (...) Here's the nitpick: the injunction against "bloody" has entirely to do with the British (primarily the English)--it doesn't offend any US-born Americans that I know. It's (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | (...) LOL! Ever noticed, even on LUGNET, that many of the non-native speakers of English use better grammer than quite a few Americans? Every now and then, some obscure idiom slips in, but otherwise, I must commend you ESLers on your proficiency[1]! (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | | <!!!Potentially Offensive Joke About Language Proficiency Alert!!!> (heh) (...) As the joke goes, if you know three languages, you're trilingual. If you know two languages, you're bilingual. If you know one language, you're English. If you know no (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Hehe... #4: Dutch #3: Spanish #2: German #1: English Lindsay... You know you're up late when you can't count <grin, duck and run> -Shiri (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) No, no, no. I meant #1 in terms of the first language he learned to speak. Sheesh. ;) And who's up late?!? best LFB FUT->o-t.fun (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Susan Hoover
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) [Bram's words below] (...) My guess (in the order he learned to speak them) is: 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Spanish 4. English (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Yeah, right, I'm *sure* that's what you meant... <mutters under breath> trying to cover for yourself <\mutter> (hey, we're in .fun now. I'm allowed ;-) (...) Shhhh! Shucks, ya got me... just don't tell my parents ;) -Shiri (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | | (...) I was born in Belgium to two Belgian parents. Then, in Argentina, I learned to speak Dutch and Spanish at the same time (probably a bastardization of both). At age 2.5, I moved to Germany, where I spoke German at school, but refused to speak (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | (...) Yes, Americans are arrogant (at times), and ethnocentric. But they are among the friendliest people in the world. However, the center of the known universe is still Billund Denmark! :-) Gary Istok (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Paul Baulch
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| | | | | | Mr L F Braun wrote in message <3910A891.B1F81255@p...su.edu>... (...) Excellent! Constructive criticism is welcome ;-) (...) agree (...) wonderfully (...) Well..... you have to remember that I'm talking about the milder vulgarities, I don't mean (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | (...) But not everyone here is an adult. Although I sometimes swear casually when talking, I agree with Todd that forbidding profanity improves the community's image and makes it a nicer place to participate. It's often much harder to tell through (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Warning: May contain offensive language! Was Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | (...) Cheer up, Paul, you may get a chuckle out of this story. Okay, so I'm driving along the road (in Northern California, USA) all properly in my Volvo station wagon with my four- and six-year-old kids safely buckled in their seats, and I'm (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Warning: May contain offensive language! Was Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | (...) Muwhahahhaaa....what a story...:-) Besides the page is funny (especially for a cat lover like me, always with cats for the last 17 years) enough, I ROFL when I tried to visualize your little kids trying to mimic Todd's very funny looking (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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