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Re: Great Scott! (was Re: What is this all about...
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Mon, 9 Aug 1999 21:02:52 GMT
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OK, I don't get it! :) Enlighten me, John!

Scott Sanburn

John Neal wrote:
> 
> If you were gratis, you'd be scot-free;-)
> 
> (follow-up to .fun)
> 
> Scott Edward Sanburn wrote:
> 
> > Yes I do, you're a double Scott! :)
> > 
> > Scott Sanburn
> > 
> > Scott-A wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Scott "Scott's are everywhere!" Sanburn
> > > 
> > > But I am a Scott who is a Scott... if you know what I mean?
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Scott A
> > > Edinburgh, Scotland.
> > > 
> > > http://www.encore.ms.tarahill.net/00/scottarthur/LEGO.htm



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  Re: Great Scott! (was Re: What is this all about...
 
Maybe that was too idiomatic. Here in the colonies (;) scot-free means free from conditions or obligations; gratis of course means free.... kinda loses what little humor it had in the first place in translation:-( Oh well. (...) (27 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Great Scott! (was Re: What is this all about...
 
If you were gratis, you'd be scot-free;-) (follow-up to .fun) (...) (27 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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