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(...) *Ahem, Ahem, Ahum!* Gerber/Noeckel. Matt 8?P (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *Ahem, Ahem!* Co-operative, joint, ownership of the Trade Marked “Stubbies” © is mutually shared by the Noeckel/Gerber Conglomerate! --==RïçhårÐ==-- ;) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thank you Lar, I appreciate you giving me the benefit of the doubt. Enough so that I will forgive you for cross-posting my little faux pas to the group in which it is the most likely to be seen by all the hard core grammar cops! Maggie (22 years ago, 21-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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 (22 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 (...) (22 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) (22 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. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | The Mother Tongue (WAS: Re: Another one for Maggie:)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm not an expert in language issues, but it seems to me there is a very slight differnce in the two, like the dictionary says. If I were to read "flammable", I'd think it pointed to the possibility of spontaneous ignition (like phosphorus (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Everyone should please forgive Dave, who is usually a level headed person, but has appanretly been abducted by aliens. The Real Dave would have never posted something like this without considering the number of heart attacks the post would cause... (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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