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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 05:41 PM Original message |
A MASSIVE apology to all Americans re: Aluminum...... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Apology accepted |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. You mean "a wankium." |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. No, we call it "wankinium" |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. We're not ALWAYS right, but we're never wrong. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. I prefer 'aluminium'... sounds much more cool and, besides, |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks for that explanation. I could never figure out WHY Brits insisted |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, the Americans are the only ones who spell it that way... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Excellent! I can't wait to tell my husband! |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. No way! |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 05:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. He's from Stourbridge. |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 05:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I say again....NO WAY!!!!!!!! |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 07:26 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. He's 24 |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Now THAT is scary........ |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 06:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. The letter 'H' is aitch not haitch |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Could we talk about "biscuits"? |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I'd say "skonn" others say "skone" a la "bone"....wankers the lot of them |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Oh, yum, biscuits and gravy. |
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omulcol (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. The Queen would pronounce them as .... |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 10:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I think I shall have to punch the Queen |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 05:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Reminds me of the 2 Ronnies sketch.... |
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Sporadicus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. My Co-Worker Says Aluminium |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. You don't need to apologiSe. |
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Born in the Maze (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Now can we talk about "viy-tuh-mihn" vs |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Don't get me started on "oregg-an-o" vs "orry-gar-no"..,or "bay-sel" |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Y'all are giving me Eddie Izzard flashbacks.... |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Mais le singe est dans l'arbre........ |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Le singe est sur la branche!! |
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Huckebein the Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. avec le president de Burundi |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. The "vital" part is good... |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. I heard a different explanation. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah that's what I heard too. |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. All of this is neither here nor there, |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 06:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I just can't understand why you only use the fork |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I read somewhere that it started |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. I actually knew that. Tried to convince a Brit friend of it once. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's minor details like this |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-05 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. Oh, is THAT whose fault it is? |
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TyeDye75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. What about 'Caribbean' though |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-05 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Once we thought we were wrong |
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