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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, (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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