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>> Damn. My girlfriend just smiles and tells me how fascinating I am...
>
> And you're a liar too :P
Hey, I have *lots* of girlfriends! :-P
True, they are all figments of my imagination - but you could just say
that they're "invisible", like me. [But for real.]
> Fancy a drink soon?
Uh... now that you mention it, *right now* I'm actually feeling kinda
ill, for no defined reason... :-/
But yeah, sure, the idea is sound in principle.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:20:46 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null>
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>Uh... now that you mention it, *right now* I'm actually feeling kinda
>ill, for no defined reason... :-/
>
>But yeah, sure, the idea is sound in principle.
When you're feeling better let us know.
--
Regards
Stephen
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
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>> She's Scots :)
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> I misparesed that as "she's Scott's" - which would have a whole *other*
> set of implications!
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> OOC, does anybody here have a girlfriend who *isn't* foreign??
>
According to the gf it's me that's the foreigner ;-)
John
--
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
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>> She's Scots :)
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> I misparesed that as "she's Scott's" - which would have a whole *other*
> set of implications!
>
> OOC, does anybody here have a girlfriend who *isn't* foreign??
>
My wife is Dutch too. Does that count?
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andrel wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Stephen wrote:
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>>> She's Scots :)
>>
>> I misparesed that as "she's Scott's" - which would have a whole
>> *other* set of implications!
>>
>> OOC, does anybody here have a girlfriend who *isn't* foreign??
>>
> My wife is Dutch too. Does that count?
omg, you're both foreign! How do you communicate? :-)
John
--
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:50:24 +0100, Doctor John <doc### [at] gmailcom>
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>> My wife is Dutch too. Does that count?
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>omg, you're both foreign! How do you communicate? :-)
They are Dutch. The Dutch are born speaking three languages then learn
at least another two at school. :)
Seriously I've heard people switching between Dutch, English and
French in one sentence.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:18:08 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> OOC, does anybody here have a girlfriend who *isn't* foreign??
How do you define "foreign"?
Jim
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From: John VanSickle
Subject: Re: Randomly-generated "Finnish" text
Date: 12 Jun 2008 07:37:30
Message: <48510a7a@news.povray.org>
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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> So just who exactly defines what is the "correct" meaning of a word?
>
> Dictionaries at least. And that's not just being pedantic. If you want
> to write official text which is unambiguous and understandable by everyone
> who speaks the language, you'll have to stick to dictionary definitions
> and avoid use parlances which only a small segment of the population might
> understand (especially if the rest may understand it wrongly).
And you avoid the appearance of poor education, because sticking to
dictionary definitions makes it easy to avoid usages to which those who
don't know what they are talking about are prone.
There is the caveat that the dictionary writers are not familiar with
the terminology of some fields (philosophy, I am told, is one such
field), and consequently for the correct definitions of such terminology
one should turn to a glossary written by experts in that field.
Regards,
John
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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Randomly-generated "Finnish" text
Date: 13 Jun 2008 19:23:59
Message: <4853018f@news.povray.org>
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:18:08 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
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>> OOC, does anybody here have a girlfriend who *isn't* foreign??
>
> How do you define "foreign"?
>
> Jim
With a dictionary?
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:24:04 -0400, Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:18:08 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
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>>> OOC, does anybody here have a girlfriend who *isn't* foreign??
>>
>> How do you define "foreign"?
>>
>> Jim
>
> With a dictionary?
Ba dum-dum. Ching.
:-)
Jim
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