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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
On Wed, 31 May 2006 20:35:12 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Dave Frightens Me writes: Any particular recommendations? (I'll do some research, natch.) http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=natch I don't know what shocks me mo That I have never heard that word, or that my English feels decidedly insecure about it. It's old slang. Not knowing slang is never something to worry about. But you need to understand the word before you could know it. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |
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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
Following up to Mxsmanic
It's old slang. Not knowing slang is never something to worry about. if you don't mind appearing out of touch. -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
Following up to The Reid :
Following up to Mxsmanic It's old slang. Not knowing slang is never something to worry about. if you don't mind appearing out of touch. That never bothered Mixi. Look at 90% of his posts for evidence. -- Tim C. |
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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
Following up to Martin :
if you don't mind appearing out of touch. That never bothered Mixi. Look at 90% of his posts for evidence. If you had persevered you would have found the other 10% were the same. I thought as much. Those were the ones I fell asleep reading. -- Tim C. |
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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy writes: You must be an utterly fantastic teacher. Some students ask for me by name; others can't stand me. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
Richard writes:
So then why did you waste your time learning it? I didn't. I don't normally use slang, nor do I bother to keep up with it. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
The Reid writes:
if you don't mind appearing out of touch. No matter what slang you learn, you will always appear out of touch to the very vast majority of the world if you use it. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
... Richard writes: So then why did you waste your time learning it? I didn't. I don't normally use slang, nor do I bother to keep up with it. So you were born knowing the meaning of the word natch. Interesting. Richard |
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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
Mxsmanic wrote:
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy writes: You must be an utterly fantastic teacher. Some students ask for me by name; ****wit's a term of endearment in the 6th North Sussex Tone. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |
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Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists
Mxsmanic wrote:
The Reid writes: if you don't mind appearing out of touch. No matter what slang you learn, you will always appear out of touch to the very vast majority of the world if you use it. And you do it without learning slang. Fantastic! -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |
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