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(...) um, I think this is supposed to say "Your welcome in .castle will be worn out if you do not go buy this. :-) " I can believe that Maggie may have hit send too soon, but NOT that she would make a grammatical mistake. FUT .fun ++Lar (25 years ago, 21-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) This must be an exclusive of the germanic languages... :-P In 4 Latin languages this fish is referred to as: Atum (Portuguese) Thon (French) Atún (Spanish) Tonno (Italian) So, my guess is the "Barbarian Invaders" used the Latin name of the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Let's not forget the startup screen of every Windows 2000 out there[1]: "Built on NT Technology" NT = New Technology [1] Except those who have it customized of course *falls back into the background noise once more* /Tobbe (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) German, too. "Thunfisch," IIRC. (...) Apparently in England there is a hill called "Torpenhow Hill." Quoth Patricia C. Wrede (noted fantasy novelist) in rec.arts.sf.composition: First set of invaders: What's that? Natives: The Tor. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Dave, If you're truly interested in such things, I would strongly suggest picking up a copy of a book called "The Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way." by Bill Bryson. (URL) Bryson is perhaps best known as a travel writer, he (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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