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I had presumed by the lack of comments that it was being treated as a text version of a minutes silence.
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Le Weekend
or
le fin de semaine
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They mean the same thing, much in the same way that Spade and soil invertion and relaocation appartaus can mean the samwe thing.
Two Dragons.
It's not only American English I was refering to. English English is made up of all sorts of crazy influences.
We are basic Fresian,geographically in the Netherlands, over laid with Saxon then Angle then norse then French.Not to mention the influences of several hundred years of Emirial/Colonial adventuring which brought thousands of more word in .
Melvyn Bragg wrote a marvellous book on the subject called "The Adventure of English" which I would recommend to anyone.
or
le fin de semaine
?
They mean the same thing, much in the same way that Spade and soil invertion and relaocation appartaus can mean the samwe thing.
Two Dragons.
It's not only American English I was refering to. English English is made up of all sorts of crazy influences.
We are basic Fresian,geographically in the Netherlands, over laid with Saxon then Angle then norse then French.Not to mention the influences of several hundred years of Emirial/Colonial adventuring which brought thousands of more word in .
Melvyn Bragg wrote a marvellous book on the subject called "The Adventure of English" which I would recommend to anyone.
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I don't think it is meant to attract tourists from overseas, as it is an interstate advertising campaign to goad folks from the southern sates of Victoria And New South Wales to go "Troppo" in Queensland.
I absolutely adore Melbourne, lived there for 7 years and fell in love with the place.
It has seasons, sometimes al in one day, QLD has climate.... all of it tropical armpit.
Actually the advert is VERY Queensland, they have a reputation for being a bit crass up there.
Also have a rep for not liking anyone not from QLD.
As the old joke goes, The QueenslandPremier has announced that they are going to build a wall around the state to keep the pooftas and foriegners out. All the remaining states in the Commonwealth have volunteeered to help.
Go Go Uncle Joe (Bjejke Petersen, super right wing ex premier of QLD)
I absolutely adore Melbourne, lived there for 7 years and fell in love with the place.
It has seasons, sometimes al in one day, QLD has climate.... all of it tropical armpit.
Actually the advert is VERY Queensland, they have a reputation for being a bit crass up there.
Also have a rep for not liking anyone not from QLD.
As the old joke goes, The QueenslandPremier has announced that they are going to build a wall around the state to keep the pooftas and foriegners out. All the remaining states in the Commonwealth have volunteeered to help.
Go Go Uncle Joe (Bjejke Petersen, super right wing ex premier of QLD)
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Zombie79
That was my first thought too.
World War Z.
great book.
apart from the british bit..which was a horrible cliche.
And the Australian calling Brits Limeys.... that was pretty lousy too.
That was my first thought too.
World War Z.
great book.
apart from the british bit..which was a horrible cliche.
And the Australian calling Brits Limeys.... that was pretty lousy too.
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Blimey... I never knew about any of this.
Blimey... I never knew about any of this.
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I wonder how many times Banksy has been told by media types and hangers on that they know who Banksy is.
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Mine is Scandinavian in origin but die to spelling changes is most common in Scotland and Ireland.
Bloody Scandinavian spelling one S or two S's son or sen or what?
Bloody Scandinavian spelling one S or two S's son or sen or what?
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nice bit of character animation though.
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Hamilton Pool Preserve
that is so beautiful it brings tears.
What an extraordinarily beautiful thing.
Thanks Neat-o-rama.
that is so beautiful it brings tears.
What an extraordinarily beautiful thing.
Thanks Neat-o-rama.
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Two Dragons
I replied to the donut burger thing.
I think we are on the same page on that one, despite any previous crossed wires.
I replied to the donut burger thing.
I think we are on the same page on that one, despite any previous crossed wires.
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Two Dragons.
I take your point about getting annoyed by people assuming that because you're a yank you eat lard from a bucket.
No really I do take your point, I'm a Glaswegian,someone from Glasgow in Scotland, and we have the shortest life expectancy in the western world, the highest incidence for heart disease and about 30 different types of cancer.
We are a seriously unhealthy lot due to about 300 years of industry and a peculiar fatalism that infests the soul.
None of my grandparents made it out of their 60s, and that was considered a good innings.
No my grievance with the luther is not that it's fatty, hell we;re human beings and are genetically programmed to eat fats wherever and when ever we find them.
It was the idea of taking good quality ground beef and spices making a burger all flame grilled and delicious on the outside a little pink and juicy inside, topping it withgrilled cheese and cripy bacon...and sticking the poor blighter in a DONUT.
A Donut?
That's the bit that leaves me nauseous.
It's the USAmerican sugar addiction that I find repellent. Most folks like an ice cold Coke I know I do... except in the US, Coke for domestic consumption is markedly sweeter thn elsewhere. High Fructose corn syrup is cheaper than sugar , sweeter thn sugar and so you guys from the land of Coke can't get a Coke.
It's the sickening sweetness I find maddening.
I did also say up thread that I have no doubt there are great tings to eat in the US, hell I've eaten a lot of them and been as happy as a dog with 2 d*cks.
I just find sickly sweet a childish and polluting aspect of the US palette.
I take your point about getting annoyed by people assuming that because you're a yank you eat lard from a bucket.
No really I do take your point, I'm a Glaswegian,someone from Glasgow in Scotland, and we have the shortest life expectancy in the western world, the highest incidence for heart disease and about 30 different types of cancer.
We are a seriously unhealthy lot due to about 300 years of industry and a peculiar fatalism that infests the soul.
None of my grandparents made it out of their 60s, and that was considered a good innings.
No my grievance with the luther is not that it's fatty, hell we;re human beings and are genetically programmed to eat fats wherever and when ever we find them.
It was the idea of taking good quality ground beef and spices making a burger all flame grilled and delicious on the outside a little pink and juicy inside, topping it withgrilled cheese and cripy bacon...and sticking the poor blighter in a DONUT.
A Donut?
That's the bit that leaves me nauseous.
It's the USAmerican sugar addiction that I find repellent. Most folks like an ice cold Coke I know I do... except in the US, Coke for domestic consumption is markedly sweeter thn elsewhere. High Fructose corn syrup is cheaper than sugar , sweeter thn sugar and so you guys from the land of Coke can't get a Coke.
It's the sickening sweetness I find maddening.
I did also say up thread that I have no doubt there are great tings to eat in the US, hell I've eaten a lot of them and been as happy as a dog with 2 d*cks.
I just find sickly sweet a childish and polluting aspect of the US palette.
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Two Dragons.
Oh I don't doubt it for a second. I used to live in Australia which is not reknowned for being too chilly.
Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain institute makes some brilliant points re AC in cars.
like...
Why aren't cars double glazed? Sure it is a bit heavier, but it is a LOT lihgter than car AC, which is essentially a domestic AC unit, and can chill a whole house.
Actually everything Amory says is pretty much brilliant. look himm up on YouTube, well worht the 10 mins of anyone's life.
Oh I don't doubt it for a second. I used to live in Australia which is not reknowned for being too chilly.
Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain institute makes some brilliant points re AC in cars.
like...
Why aren't cars double glazed? Sure it is a bit heavier, but it is a LOT lihgter than car AC, which is essentially a domestic AC unit, and can chill a whole house.
Actually everything Amory says is pretty much brilliant. look himm up on YouTube, well worht the 10 mins of anyone's life.
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Small efficient engine, stripped of all the extraneous rubbish, will make a car pretty frugal.
Take a standard car and strip it and you'll get a raceing car, do the same to a compact car and you get serious fuel economy.
Top Gear, UK tv show about cars, did this with a big old Jaguar, they stripped it down to engine and seat and it became a terrifyingly fast beastie.
Then they NOS'd the blighter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoxEis_Y7F0
basically, the more hefty rubbish you lug about, the worse your car will perform.
What the Rocky Mountain Institute refer to as Nega Wattage.
If you don't carry it about, you don't need the extra fuel.
Why do people have AC in cars anyway?
Take a standard car and strip it and you'll get a raceing car, do the same to a compact car and you get serious fuel economy.
Top Gear, UK tv show about cars, did this with a big old Jaguar, they stripped it down to engine and seat and it became a terrifyingly fast beastie.
Then they NOS'd the blighter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoxEis_Y7F0
basically, the more hefty rubbish you lug about, the worse your car will perform.
What the Rocky Mountain Institute refer to as Nega Wattage.
If you don't carry it about, you don't need the extra fuel.
Why do people have AC in cars anyway?
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Yes and English should be purged of all tose Italian/Latin words... oh hang on a minute!
This is why these campagns never work, English is a big tart of a language and has no problems about adding new words.
The french havce a campaign against this too, I think it is by the Acadamie Francaise, to ban "le Scotch on the rocks" and "l'hamburger", but if your language has no word for hamburger they'd rather concoct some souless construct than admit the English word.
Which is hilarious as it was welcomed into English from the German language, to describe a thing that English had no word for.
This tickles me no end.
This is why these campagns never work, English is a big tart of a language and has no problems about adding new words.
The french havce a campaign against this too, I think it is by the Acadamie Francaise, to ban "le Scotch on the rocks" and "l'hamburger", but if your language has no word for hamburger they'd rather concoct some souless construct than admit the English word.
Which is hilarious as it was welcomed into English from the German language, to describe a thing that English had no word for.
This tickles me no end.
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No self resectin' Buccaneer has a Mommy.
A sweet grey haired Mother,or a Ma or even The Mammy.
But never a Mommy.