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    Quote Originally Posted by corrocamino View Post
    Speak of Gallipoli, I just love this apocryphal specimen of miscommunication:

    A ranking British officer at Gallipoli happened to notice the forlorn look of a new young recruit from Down Under. With empathy he approached the lad, placed his hand on his shoulder, and gravely asked, "Have you come here to die, my boy?" "Wha'?" replied the soldier. "Naw, I kime 'ere yis-tuh-die."
    As something of an authority in matters cognitive and idiomatic down this way, I can assure you that lad was an Australian.
    Last edited by Awryly; 12-04-2012 at 09:43 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Awryly View Post
    As something of an authority in matters cognitive and idiomatic down this way, I can assure that lad was an Australian.
    I've never thought otherwise.
    "There is no such thing as knowledge, just belief."

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    Quote Originally Posted by corrocamino View Post
    I've never thought otherwise.
    Lucky there are no Aussies here. My remark would have started the non-proxy war you were looking for.
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    Speaking of idiom, with particular reference to the word "forlorn", which I have used above, I learned from Kipling's "Something of Myself" that just being "lorn" is bad enough, never mind going to the extreme of being "forlorn". And that one needn't bother being "overwhelmed", when being "whelmed" quite suffices. :>)
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    Quote Originally Posted by corrocamino View Post
    Speaking of idiom, with particular reference to the word "forlorn", which I have used above, I learned from Kipling's "Something of Myself" that just being "lorn" is bad enough, never mind going to the extreme of being "forlorn". And that one needn't bother being "overwhelmed", when being "whelmed" quite suffices. :>)
    I wouldn't use them here. "Awryly" is whelming the lorn quite enough already .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Awryly View Post
    I wouldn't use them here. "Awryly" is whelming the lorn quite enough already .
    Good point!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Awryly View Post
    I forgot to mention American prostitutes are welcome.

    I know the US government will be pleased to hear that - at this equal opportunity opportunity.
    Meanwhile, in Brussels, 200 women's NGOs (No Good comes Of Sex) are gathering together to promote the abolition of prostitution across Europe.

    Good luck with that.
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    Just for you, Peter.

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/ne...ectid=10851910

    I didn't bother to read it.
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    Teaching dogs to drive - Can a dog be trained to drive a car?
    New Zealand's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals prove it can be done.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50136354n

    It's working on a plan for Americans.
    Last edited by Awryly; 12-05-2012 at 09:44 AM.
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