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Back_Ache Started conversation Jun 11, 2001
As I sit here with my aching head trying to think of an effective way to remember that the french don't have a word for ninety so that if you wanted to say ninety-nine you would effective have to say eighty-nineteen, I think to myself, erm, I don't know what I think
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cafram - in the states. Posted Jul 12, 2001
A simple solution - learn Belgian French!! In Belgium they have words for seventy *and* ninety, which makes so much more sense...
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Back_Ache Posted Aug 1, 2001
I think thats the same as Canadian French but I visit France more than Canada or Belgium.
I guess I just have to accept it!!!
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Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent) Posted Aug 10, 2001
Shouldn't that be four twenties and nineteen?
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cafram - in the states. Posted Aug 13, 2001
...and here's me thinking you had an aching back...
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Back_Ache Posted Aug 13, 2001
Matching aching head,back, arm (from lifting more weight that I should), and stomach (from swipe from a cat who disagreed with being put out)
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Back_Ache Posted Aug 20, 2001
I got my revenge on our darling Cats on the weekend, three lots of booster shots, they weren't happy!
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- 1: Back_Ache (Jun 11, 2001)
- 2: cafram - in the states. (Jul 12, 2001)
- 3: Back_Ache (Aug 1, 2001)
- 4: Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent) (Aug 10, 2001)
- 5: . (Aug 11, 2001)
- 6: Back_Ache (Aug 13, 2001)
- 7: cafram - in the states. (Aug 13, 2001)
- 8: Back_Ache (Aug 13, 2001)
- 9: cafram - in the states. (Aug 13, 2001)
- 10: Back_Ache (Aug 20, 2001)
- 11: cafram - in the states. (Aug 21, 2001)
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