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Crossed Purposes: July 2001
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 10, 2001
BBQ-ed pork ribs!????
I was SUPPOSED to have that for lunch yesterday, but DADDY took it from me!!! 
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Seth of Rabi Posted Jul 10, 2001
Seth has enough difficulty with English
Can order an 
just about anywhere though, and will accept E's homebrew as E drank mine 
Definitely do not know a word of Estonian.
:: Don't even know the capital city - my God that's appalling ::
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 10, 2001
Estonia City!??
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Kumetanzuka the capricious Posted Jul 10, 2001
*enters with a flourish and a cherry flan*
Happy BBQ everyone! Enjoy!
hehe I'm doing a linguistics major and I don't even know if I get that subjunctive right, in ANY language I try it in!
I'm not sure we've met, St. Hatifnat? I'm Lady K. Pleased to make your acquaintance 
*curtsies daintily, not falling over her skirt TOO much*
*snags some 
and a 
*
*turns to Seth, awaiting his answer as well*
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Kumetanzuka the capricious Posted Jul 10, 2001
Oh my! It appears I took too long with that one! The posts just popped up in abundance between my clicking "reply" and clicking "post"! I'll have to learn to be quicker!
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 10, 2001
I'm trying to learn how to be three people at once... 
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Kumetanzuka the capricious Posted Jul 10, 2001
hehe tell me when you've mastered it and I'll ask for tips, D!
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Seth of Rabi Posted Jul 10, 2001
Vilnius sounds good, E. I could only think of Riga and Tallinn and that's the other two isn't it?
Hi, Lady K. Honestly, my knowledge of other languages (and grammar) is limited to the acquisition of . Except for the following extremely useful phrases.
Je ne parle jamais francais
Ich spreche kein Deutsch
Yo hablo no Espanol.
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Kumetanzuka the capricious Posted Jul 10, 2001
In my dictionary (which is from maybe the 70s or 80s) it says Tallinn...
Indeed, and those are good ones to know Seth. Also useful are "Where is the rest room?" (in ANY language) and "I AM Canadian!" in any language but American! :p
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Seth of Rabi Posted Jul 10, 2001
Most of my knowledge of Canada is extrapolated from Leonard Cohen and Sultandude 
. Does that give a fair picture?
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Kumetanzuka the capricious Posted Jul 10, 2001
hehe oh dear! is sultandude canadian?
where are you from then? although, i suppose i shouldn't find that surprising. we don't get published a whole lot! lol
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Seth of Rabi Posted Jul 10, 2001
Born in York, England.
Got a note from Sultandude yesterday. He was in Paris on his way back to Gabon. He's missing a great barbecue !!
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 10, 2001
Yeah he is!!!!
Donde es el bano!??
Donde es mi amigo Pierce!?? 
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Researcher 168814 Posted Jul 11, 2001
Amigo Pierce vamos a la playa denmarkese?
Io no parliamo Italiano.
I can speak a little Rheinhessisch (Ask Trillian´s Child about that...)
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Gwennie Posted Jul 11, 2001
*Ducks as a flying moderator swoops over head (They're up early today, aren't they?)*
Well bang go my foreign language lessons for this morning! 
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Kes Posted Jul 11, 2001
*Wipes top of head with tissue*
Yup, they're up early today!
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Gwennie Posted Jul 11, 2001
Ooh! The posting is back now! (They must have changed their minds!) 
Is there any 
on the go at the moment please?
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Sultandude(Lover of Princess Toy of the 1000 Kisses)-Keeper of Go-Go Bars-aka Kabuki Man Posted Jul 11, 2001
"Hmmm! Always great to be at a BBQ with a bunch of cunning linquists. Any 
?"
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- 185: Kumetanzuka the capricious (Jul 10, 2001)
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