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Re: Punctuating abbreviations that are becoming de facto words

n...@lindsayendell.org.uk (Amethyst Deceiver) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 12:19:56 UT

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:35:45 -0800 (PST), Jerry Friedman
People, that is, who tend to be on your side of the Atlantic. The pun
doesn't cross the water well.

Re: eco-tableware?

jas.h...@goutmail.com (James Hogg) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 12:18:45 UT

Have you forgotten that this is Buy Nothing Day?

Re: Punctuating abbreviations that are becoming de facto words

n...@lindsayendell.org.uk (Amethyst Deceiver) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 12:18:42 UT

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:55:05 +0000, Chuck Riggs <chri...@eircom.net>
wrote:
But not everyone this side of the Atlantic reads aue. If I showed that
joke to most of my friends they'd either not get the joke, or have to
think for a while to work it out. As Mike said, that's a pun that
doesn't cross the Atlantic well.

Re: eco-tableware?

richard.chambers7_nosp...@ntlworld.net (Richard Chambers) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 12:02:03 UT

Richard Chambers wrote
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Having posted the above, further thought has made me think that the
transposition demonstrated in example 1 (from the point of view of the
speaker to that of the listener) is not the only type of transposition that
can take place. Another type of transposition, in time, can also be

Re: James: of whom I've a question to ask?

marius.ha...@gmail.com (Marius Hancu) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:57:35 UT

Thanks.
Marius Hancu

James: How comes

marius.ha...@gmail.com (Marius Hancu) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:55:22 UT

Hello:
"How comes Chad so mixed up, anyway?"
is this as idiomatic as
"How come Chad's so mixed up, anyway?"
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[Chad seems to be divided in terms of "attachments" between Mrs.
Vionnet and her daughter, Jeanne.]
"No—but he's her best friend; after her mother. He's very fond of her.
He has his ideas about what can be done for her."

Re: Other NZ things I noticed

gro.naly...@retep (Peter Moylan) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:47:16 UT

Fred wrote:
>>
>
I'll probably have lent it to someone else by then.

Re: Other NZ things I noticed

gro.naly...@retep (Peter Moylan) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:45:16 UT

It's near enough for a limerick, but it's true that it's not a perfect
rhyme for me.

James: for moving you

marius.ha...@gmail.com (Marius Hancu) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:45:08 UT

Hello:
"For moving you"
has here, I take it, the meaning of
"for taking you back to the States."
Now, is "to move" still used this way?
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[Chad, surprisingly, wants to go home to the US. Strether's shocked by
this change and doesn't quite like it now.]
"But I want to see Mother," Chad presently returned. "Remember how

James: 'unbeknown'

marius.ha...@gmail.com (Marius Hancu) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:40:19 UT

Hello:
Why would he use quotation marks around 'unbeknown'?
BTW, Strether's found about his friend's treason only after the fact.
Is it because it was perhaps an archaism even in James' time and he
wanted to use it jokingly?
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[Waymash, Strether's old friend, has been "telling on him" to those
back in the Wollett, USA]

Re: Origin of Lord & Lady

gro.naly...@retep (Peter Moylan) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:49 UT

Half a hlaf is better than none.

Re: because and ,because

aut...@infoseek.jp (Masa) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:27:55 UT

Thanks, Eric Walker
That gives me a hard-time again. (laugh)
Because my English grammar's book of reference written in my country's
laungage uses the sentence:
The barometer has fallen, because it is raining.
It just explains the usage of "becuase" and "for", showing such a
sentence for an example.

James: rose of observation

marius.ha...@gmail.com (Marius Hancu) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:23:36 UT

Hello:
Does the last resource refer to
"the (rose of) observation" (which I believe)
or to
"wantonness?"
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Strether relapsed into the sense—which had for him in these days most
of comfort—that he was free to believe in anything that from hour to
hour kept him going. He had positively motions and flutters of this

Re: James: of which

marius.ha...@gmail.com (Marius Hancu) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:12:35 UT

So do I, but I needed a confirmation:-)
Thanks.
Marius Hancu

Re: eco-tableware?

la...@dragonspira.fsbusiness.co.uk (LFS) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:22 UT

Ooh, I've always wanted to be given a surprise party, have you let the
cat out of the bag?
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