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Subject: 
Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:10:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron writes:
> 
> Hey, I resemble that nasturtium!  I'll have you know that I too cringe when I
> hear that phrase (no offense, Brad!).  It also pains me that I have seen two
> people on Lugnet who certainly should have known better write "between you and
> I".  And while I'm at it "drug" is not a past tense of "drag"!  Since
> "short-lived" means "having a short life", the correct pronunciation should be
> obvious.
> 
> If I think of other examples I'll be more than happy share them-- can you tell
> that I could care less about this topic?  A LOT less?

We'll show 'em!

> Maggie C. (tickled to have worked the word "nasturtium" into yet another post)

Must've missed the other one(s), sorry 8?)

(click,click,click....read....)

Oh, there it is! http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/fun/?n=6429 Looks like a few
other people like that one, too. Well I guess I've got one of your favourite
words pinned down, not sure about t'other - maybe Marmite (blech - doesn't come
close to Vegemite)?

ROSCO



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  Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
 
(...) Yes, you got it! Actually I had never heard of Marmite except on Lugnet, but ever since the Men At Work song I have been quite curious about Vegemite-- I even asked my mother-in-law once if she would pick me up some when she went to Australia, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
 
(...) Hey, I resemble that nasturtium! I'll have you know that I too cringe when I hear that phrase (no offense, Brad!). It also pains me that I have seen two people on Lugnet who certainly should have known better write "between you and I". And (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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