Re: [lace-chat] Re: Language is cool
On 19 Feb 2004, at 02:26, Tamara P. Duvall wrote:
Re "free gift". As I do a fair amount of cooking ("from scratch"), my
own "barf factor" gets triggered by "fresh frozen" (in the fish dept)
:) I get -- regularly -- upset by the "express" lanes at the
check-outs ("15 items or *less*"), but I concede that "fewer"
takes up more space and, to many people, the difference might be on a
par with the "r" and "l" in Chinese :)
The one that bugs me is the radio travel reports where they refer to
roadworks causing a dual carriageway to be "one lane in both
directions" when what they really mean is "one lane in each direction".
A single lane of traffic trying to flow in both directions really
would be chaos!.. Add to that their comments about "hold-ups on the
north bound A2". The A2 London-Dover road runs east/west.
As for the free gifts, what about the one-in-a-billion chance of
finding the winning ticket inside a sealed package which says "no
purchase necessary". How do you know if you've won if you don't
purchase the item?
Brenda
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Re: [lace-chat] Re: Language is cool
At 07:05 PM 2/17/04 -0500, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: >On Feb 17, 2004, at 16:45, W & N Lafferty wrote: > >>> "hp ll yr chks trn nt ms nd kck yr dnny dwn." >>> In the meantime: >>> "m flt t lk lzrd drnkng". >>> David in Ballarat >> No problem David, but I wont post the answers - see if someone >> overseas comes up with the right words! Perhap's Liz's tame >> Aussie can tell here what a dnny is. > >Hope all your cheeks turn into mouse and kick your dunny down? >My fault to like lizard drinking? I'll disqualify myself, because I've heard both phrases -- probably right here on the list. I think a dnny is an uthuse. -- Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Language is cool
This Canuck was/is puzzled by the jumble. I'm fond of vowels. :) Heather -- why yes, I am terrible at crossword puzzles too. - Original Message - From: "Barron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "chat Arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 5:31 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: Language is cool > How many *native English speakers* from other > > countries (UK, OZ, Canada) also recognised and interpreted correctly > > the same truncated version? > > > > > Fr scr nd svn yrs g r frfthrs brght frth t ths ntn... > > > well this one from Scotland still doesn't > > jenny barron To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Language is cool
One would hope that all the American lacers would get it, I think all my American connections help, otherwise I wouldn't have a clue. And with Noelene's hint, I even figured out hers. Does this mean my brain is improving or I just have too much time on my hands. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia, where it is still so hot and humid I had the air conditioning on at 6AM, I can't even believe I was up that early. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Language is cool
On 15 Feb 2004, at 05:08, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: Not to a foreigner, it isn't :) In fact, perhaps the meaning is not so apparent even to an English speaker but one from outside of the *US*... Fr scr nd svn yrs g r frfthrs brght frth t ths ntn... I had to think about some of it - (not being American) - but it translates to: Four score and seven years ago our forefathers brought forth to this nation Was it part of the Declaration of Independance? Brenda http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Re: Language is cool
How many *native English speakers* from other > countries (UK, OZ, Canada) also recognised and interpreted correctly > the same truncated version? > > > Fr scr nd svn yrs g r frfthrs brght frth t ths ntn... well this one from Scotland still doesn't jenny barron To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
