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Behind Geddon's wall, The Wall of death! (chemist-assassin, keeper of the hooded swan) Posted Nov 25, 2003
I thought "Deplane" was what tatu said on Fantasy Island
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Researcher 185550 Posted Nov 25, 2003
When you get to the airport, you get on deplane, which is what takes you to de next destination.
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Nov 25, 2003
>> I once read that "Gotten" has an etymology just as valid as any other English word .... is used in North America...
However, I still don't like it, either. <<
Well if ya lived in North America youda gotten used to it by now. 
~jwf~
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RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Nov 26, 2003
'Well if ya lived in North America youda gotten used to it by now.'
Whereas, for North Americans living in Britain...
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out_there Posted Nov 26, 2003
I find the word -Insufferable,insufferable.
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Researcher 185550 Posted Nov 26, 2003
It's French, and so shouldn't stricly count here, but it's "developper". I find myself going "dvlvlvlppopper" whenever I try to say it.
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Researcher 185550 Posted Nov 29, 2003
And stastustestesististsisitstistics.
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Researcher PSG Posted Nov 29, 2003
Probably been mentione before, the words "like" and "Whatever"
Researcher PSG
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Researcher 185550 Posted Nov 29, 2003
Less of a word than a speech affectation, but, the tendency to end every sentence with "ok" and this sort of "Hnghnh", a short exhalation before and sentence full of contempt and nonwords.
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dasilva Posted Nov 29, 2003
Brummies have a habit of ending sentences with "but..." or "so..."
(I should know, I am one 
)
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Fathom Posted Dec 1, 2003
Don't mind me, just bookmarking.
As you were...
F
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pdante' Posted Dec 1, 2003
Sorry just marking books
Carry on as you weren't
pd
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pdante' Posted Dec 1, 2003
well they shouldn't mark them with those little dates(whats all that about? is it the books birthday or summit?
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Researcher 185550 Posted Dec 1, 2003
Wish I could have as many birthdays on as many different dates.
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pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Dec 1, 2003
you can have many birthdays ...
10,000 days 2000 weeks you choose!
http://www.re-date.com/
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pdante' Posted Dec 1, 2003
And what sunuvabitch is stopping ya
i'll send the boys round give em a bit of a slap no messin
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- 101: Behind Geddon's wall, The Wall of death! (chemist-assassin, keeper of the hooded swan) (Nov 25, 2003)
- 102: Researcher 185550 (Nov 25, 2003)
- 103: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Nov 25, 2003)
- 104: RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky (Nov 26, 2003)
- 105: out_there (Nov 26, 2003)
- 106: pdante' (Nov 26, 2003)
- 107: Researcher 185550 (Nov 26, 2003)
- 108: pdante' (Nov 29, 2003)
- 109: Researcher 185550 (Nov 29, 2003)
- 110: Researcher PSG (Nov 29, 2003)
- 111: Researcher 185550 (Nov 29, 2003)
- 112: dasilva (Nov 29, 2003)
- 113: pdante' (Dec 1, 2003)
- 114: Fathom (Dec 1, 2003)
- 115: pdante' (Dec 1, 2003)
- 116: Fathom (Dec 1, 2003)
- 117: pdante' (Dec 1, 2003)
- 118: Researcher 185550 (Dec 1, 2003)
- 119: pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | (Dec 1, 2003)
- 120: pdante' (Dec 1, 2003)
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