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Re: frampold, doggedly defined
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The Pook
2 minutes 34 seconds ago
Originally Posted By: Alex WilliamsI don't buy the capitalization of "Post and Beam" so (A) is out.
Yeah I worried about that too, but none of the others seemed any better. I chose it because of the (probably faux) etymological potential
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Re: Grammar problem
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latishya
Today at 06:54 PM
Do New Zealand government institutions like schools have to put up slogans in Maori as well as English, like in Quebec? Maybe they could put up the Maori version in big letters so that everybody sees it first. Fewer people would be able to critique i
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Tenderfoot
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BranShea
Today at 04:27 PM
Just for the record and as dogdays' side step, Tenderfoot is one out of the series of comic albums produced by Morris and Goscinny (the same one from Asterix)that was and still is immensely popular in Belgium, Holland , France. I've also seen them in
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Re: Grammar problem
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BranShea
Today at 04:01 PM
Our old school rhyme used to be: (dating from the deep 19th century)
"My playing is learning
To learn is to play
So why would my learning cause any dismay?"
That's a fancy translation from the original
and if it is OK g
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Re: frampold, doggedly defined
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BranShea
Today at 01:51 PM
Well, live carefully, vote dangerously.(maybe the other way around) I'll take the cheerful one too: let it B
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Re: frampold, doggedly defined
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Alex Williams
Today at 12:26 PM
I don't buy the capitalization of "Post and Beam" so (A) is out. I like (B)'s directness. I don't believe "the setting" in (C). I don't believe (D) because I don't think raspberry wine would have a unique name for storage rooms over other types of vi
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Re: frampold, doggedly defined
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Fiberbabe
Today at 12:09 PM
Sheesh - no wonder this was pointed out to me...
I'll take C. The Olympics are about to start, y'know... it might be temporo-topical.
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Re: Grammar problem
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The Pook
Today at 12:42 AM
Originally Posted By: tsuwmyeahbut, in the interests of parallelism, living is learning.
...or rather learning is living (with or without the fully) would be the parallel with the original quote. They are not saying "to live is to learn"
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Re: breaking the ice...
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The Pook
Today at 12:33 AM
um... I think you forgot to add the real definition!
Well, if I have to choose, I'll go for the first one, 'a'
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breaking the ice...
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wofahulicodoc
Yesterday at 10:08 PM
My goodness. That is an eclectic bunch, isn't it.
I'll start the bidding with a G.
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