Re: Word Lists-- The Bongo-Bongo sentences en ingles
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 24, 2003, 4:44 |
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Quoting Roger Mills <romilly@...>:
> Oh well I shoulda done it in the first place. Aside from being uncertain of
> how to translate a couple, I don't, as I said, much like them. Give me
> knife-wielding bunnies any day. Comments/corrections by native speakers
> will be more than welcome.
Question: in the heading, does "Bongo-Bongo" refer to a comment
made by a certain foreign minister of Margaret Thatcher's?
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