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  • C Chris Maunder

    You speak real good. Actually I feel like that now. I can't use any of the rich, colourful terms we have in Oz becuase I just get blank stares, or worse: they just pick a random interpretation of what they think I said and go with it.

    cheers Chris Maunder

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    Nicholas Marty
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    Chris Maunder wrote:

    hey just pick a random interpretation of what they think I said and go with it.

    Isn't that always the case? :laugh:

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    • C Chris Maunder

      Everytime someone uses that word a kitten dies. You're a good man.

      cheers Chris Maunder

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      firegryphon
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      As you may remember, Bob Barker always would ask you to spay or neuter your cats at the end of the Price Is Right. I guess in the end this has similar population control effects. I'll make sure to use this word more often.

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      • F firegryphon

        As you may remember, Bob Barker always would ask you to spay or neuter your cats at the end of the Price Is Right. I guess in the end this has similar population control effects. I'll make sure to use this word more often.

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        Mark Starr
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        Dang, I haven't gotten my cat either spayed or neutered... Cannot even tell which to do.

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        • C Chris Maunder

          I try and lead by example. I try and coach not curse. I try - Lord Knows I Try - to teach the youngin's how to cherish this wonderful, inconsistent and illogical language we have, and to use the depth and breadth of its vocabulary to its fullest. And yet some insist, provocatively, on abusing its fulsome goodness with the use of Words Abhorrent Unto John Galsworthy. I'm watching you, Nagy.

          cheers Chris Maunder

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          jibalt
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          There's a lot of bad English in your post. I pity those you're leading.

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          • 9 9082365

            Colborne_Greg wrote:

            Youngin's is not a word.

            And?

            Colborne_Greg wrote:

            It is improper to start a sentence with And.

            Er ....

            Colborne_Greg wrote:

            Please do not coach people.

            Are we then to coach dogs, elephants, vultures? No sense your words make.

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            jibalt
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            It makes sense to intelligent people.

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            • P PJ Arends

              There, their, they're... It's gotten to the point I do not care anymore X|

              Within you lies the power for good - Use it!

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              Keith Barrow
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              How do you console a grammarian: There, their, they're. :)

              PB 369,783 wrote:

              I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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              • 9 9082365

                Colborne_Greg wrote:

                Youngin's is not a word.

                And?

                Colborne_Greg wrote:

                It is improper to start a sentence with And.

                Er ....

                Colborne_Greg wrote:

                Please do not coach people.

                Are we then to coach dogs, elephants, vultures? No sense your words make.

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                Colborne_Greg
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                Then I suggest you relearn the English language.

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                • L Lost User

                  Marco Bertschi wrote:

                  german

                  I thought this was a Java thread.

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                  Nchek2000
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                  Well, there is a local language called Boso Jowo (Javanese Language), even Google have it: https://www.google.com/?hl=jw[^], Google Translate https://translate.google.com/?hl=jv&tab=wT#en/jw/Javanese[^]

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    And you missed out "Belgium"? :omg: :wtf:

                    Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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                    Luc Pattyn
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                    Oi. FYI it is brave little Belgium[^] :|

                    Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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                      Oi. FYI it is brave little Belgium[^] :|

                      Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

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                      OriginalGriff
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                      I don't write these books! :laugh:

                      Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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