Death from above!
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Double-barrelled death from above!
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Can she open out into a ribbon parachute for a soft landing?
--FreeFlier
Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
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Gyrrakavian
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Fun fact: the word 'sarsaparilla' comes from the Spanish word zarzaparilla literally meaning 'little vine bush'.
Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
"Occam's razor is a fine thing, but the universe is a Rube-Goldberg machine."
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Castela's in the air, and she's got those crazy eyes!
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Opus the Poet
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
That wall on her left looks a bit worse for wear.
I ride my bike to ride my bike, and sometimes it takes me where I need to go.
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Typeminer
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
English speakers would do that?Gyrrakavian wrote:Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the linchpin of civilization.
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Just Old Al
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
English pursues other languages down dark alleys and mugs them for vocabulary.Typeminer wrote:English speakers would do that?Gyrrakavian wrote:Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
"The Empire was founded on cups of tea, mate, and if you think I am going to war without one you are sadly mistaken."
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AnotherFairportfan
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
You owe James Nicoll a nickel.Just Old Al wrote:English pursues other languages down dark alleys and mugs them for vocabulary.Typeminer wrote:English speakers would do that?Gyrrakavian wrote:Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
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Typeminer
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Indeed. And it takes a better player than me to identify all the stolen words just in that sentence.Just Old Al wrote:English pursues other languages down dark alleys and mugs them for vocabulary.Typeminer wrote:English speakers would do that?Gyrrakavian wrote:Yes, our pronunciation of it is a bastardized version.
That vitality made English the global language of commerce and diplomacy (for the nonce)--and of research publishing, so I'm all for it. ("Carpe per diem! Seize the check!" --Robin Williams)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the linchpin of civilization.
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Sgt. Howard
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
English is a Bastard born of two bastards- Norman French and Saxon German. Prior to 1066 it did not exist, and only by the fifteenth century did it become something we might vaguely understand. 'Proper English'... yea, right... 'Jumbo Shrimp'... 'military intelligence'... never was nor will be.
Rule 17 of the Bombay Golf Course- "You shall play the ball where the monkey drops it,"
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
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AnotherFairportfan
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
The result of Norman men-at-arms (and Norsemen before them) trying to chat up Saxon barmaids.
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
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AnotherFairportfan
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
Actually, let me rephrase that: "English is the bastard result of Norman men-at-arms trying to chat up Saxon barmaids,"
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
er, 'Carpe reprehendo' is ' Seize the check ' .. 'Carpe per diem' is 'Seize the day' ....Typeminer wrote:
Indeed. And it takes a better player than me to identify all the stolen words just in that sentence.
That vitality made English the global language of commerce and diplomacy (for the nonce)--and of research publishing, so I'm all for it. ("Carpe per diem! Seize the check!" --Robin Williams)
the proper quote..
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Sgt. Howard
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Re: Look Out Below 2016-09-23 September
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Actually, let me rephrase that: "English is the bastard result of Norman men-at-arms trying to chat up Saxon barmaids,"
LEAVE MY FAMILY OUT OF IT!!!
Rule 17 of the Bombay Golf Course- "You shall play the ball where the monkey drops it,"
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.