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    #141

    Dec 15, 2006, 11:42 AM
    Didn't realize that myself, that there were so many of our British friends on-board either.
    I better brush up on my "English".

    This sure is helping a lot.
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    #142

    Dec 15, 2006, 12:56 PM
    Wow thank you Nez! T'was downright educational!

    What I don't get is maths...
    We say either mathematics or math but mathsssssss, I can't hardly say it without sounding like I have a blastid lispppppppp, crikey!
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    #143

    Dec 15, 2006, 01:40 PM
    Hehheehe, Val. It's about time you learnt to speak English proper, flike what we does.
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    #144

    Dec 15, 2006, 01:55 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by valinors_sorrow
    I can't hardly say it without sounding like I have a a blastid lispppppppp, crikey!

    LoL :p
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    #145

    Dec 15, 2006, 01:59 PM
    You seps are so wrong. Math is one mathematic, maths is many mathematics!
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    #146

    Dec 15, 2006, 02:02 PM
    So would "Sep" be one American and "Seps" be many Americans, she asks with a smile :)
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    #147

    Dec 15, 2006, 02:10 PM
    Ev neer laughed sae much en ah ma life, yer a cracking mi up! Noo wev aw gat the English sussed ken wee stert awn the scottish? LOL!

    Spell Check took an hour! Ha! Ha!
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    #148

    Dec 15, 2006, 02:11 PM
    Jocks, septics and ozzies, help we are being over run by bloody foreigners ;)
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    #149

    Dec 15, 2006, 02:28 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Curlyben
    Jocks, septics and ozzies, help we are being over run by bloody foreigners ;)

    Is it possible to submit an application requesting a name change? :confused:
    Something about "septics" just seems to "stink":p
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    #150

    Dec 15, 2006, 02:35 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Curlyben
    Jocks, septics and ozzies, help we are being over run by bloody foreigners ;)

    LoL no its just the E.U :p
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    #151

    Dec 15, 2006, 03:10 PM
    What I find odd is that americans don't have taps they have faucets but tap water comes out of them.

    Can't be assed means can't be bothered...
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    #152

    Dec 15, 2006, 03:11 PM
    LOL vyki... thank you. :)
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    #153

    Dec 15, 2006, 03:13 PM
    The one that always gets me is PANTS go on the outside while SHORTS go underneath.
    What the feck is going on with that!!
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    #154

    Dec 15, 2006, 03:15 PM
    And the shorts can also be referred to as "drawers"...
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    #155

    Dec 15, 2006, 03:22 PM
    Well the only one wearing shorts over her pants is Madonna, no wait that was her bra..?
    But the one I like is ringing someone up -- here you better have your wallet ready LOL
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    #156

    Dec 15, 2006, 03:22 PM
    Pants and shorts both are called "britches" here in the south.
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    #157

    Dec 15, 2006, 03:24 PM
    Very true J_9... I forgot that... Guess that's where the saying... "Don't get your britches in an uproar", came from huh? LOL

    Quote Originally Posted by valinors_sorrow
    Well the only one wearing shorts over her pants is Madonna, no wait that was her bra...??
    But the one I like is ringing someone up -- here you better have your wallet ready LOL

    LOL Val soooo true... and if you say I am going to give someone a ring... you better be ready to march down the aisle and say " I Do"... right :)
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    #158

    Dec 15, 2006, 04:02 PM
    The Phone Goes Ring Ring!!
    That's Where It Comes From!
    It's Simple Words For Simple People!
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    #159

    Dec 15, 2006, 04:26 PM
    And don't even get me started on fannies...
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    #160

    Dec 15, 2006, 04:30 PM
    But I thought a fanny was a bootie? Looks positively lost now.
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