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andrel escreveu:
> On 05-Nov-08 18:50, nemesis wrote:
>> andrel escreveu:
>>> On 05-Nov-08 10:59, nemesis wrote:
>>>> andrel <a_l### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
>>>>> On 04-Nov-08 16:03, nemesis wrote:
>>>>>> Stephen escreveu:
>>>>>>> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Did you see the episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? where
>>>>>>>> 3% of
>>>>>>>> the audience thought that "Ludwig van Beethoven" was English?
>>>>>>>> :-D (I
>>>>>>>> have no idea what his nationallity actually was, but I'm fairly
>>>>>>>> sure
>>>>>>>> it's not a typical English name...)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> German! O_O
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They (3%) must have been confusing him with Handel who lived in
>>>>>>> England and
>>>>>>> composed Messiah, Zadok the Priest and Music for the Royal Fireworks
>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>> "Ludwig" by itself should be enough. :)
>>>>
>>>> Why should it?
>>>>
>>> Because otherwise you can not use the sound of the name as an
>>> indication to distinguish the two.
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>> Ludwig and Friedrich are pretty good indications of german nationality.
> exactly. Somehow I think at least one of us is not getting what the
> other means.
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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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He Wasn't?
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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> He Wasn't?
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> Stephen
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No, he was German by birth, but took English Nationality later on
John
--
"Eppur si muove" - Galileo Galilei
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Stephen escreveu:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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> He Wasn't?
Now I'm confused again! :P
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Stephen escreveu:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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> He Wasn't?
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> Stephen
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Doctor John <joh### [at] homecom> wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> > nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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> > Stephen
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> No, he was German by birth, but took English Nationality later on
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Is that why Percy Grainger wrote Handel in the Strand?
Him
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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Stephen escreveu:
> > nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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> > He Wasn't?
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> Now I'm confused again! :P
Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...
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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Stephen escreveu:
> > nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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And Andrel's a low lander.
As am I BTW.
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On 05-Nov-08 19:49, nemesis wrote:
> Stephen escreveu:
>> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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>> He Wasn't?
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> Now I'm confused again! :P
Ok, shall we do a recap? Nah, you should never explain a joke or a
newsgroup tread.
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On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:58:19 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> "Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage."
That's the one. :-)
Jim
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