Re: CHAT: English is SO HARD, even the English can't speak it
| From: | Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 7, 2007, 7:50 |
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FWLIW, I once heard my brother say "Rasmuffin" for Rasmussen, and a sister
say "Ratmussen" for the same. I played with making the resulting Ratmuffin
the hero of some nebulous story, but have never got around to it. ;)
Wesley Parish
On Thursday 05 July 2007 01:09, Jeff Rollin wrote:
> I just tried to ask someone whether his flask lasts for two days when he
> stays out fishing overnight. It kept wanting to come out as "Do your flast
> lask?"
>
> (BTW, the answer is, he takes a little gas stove, so it doesn't need to.)
>
> Jeff
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Gaul is quartered into three halves. Things which are
impossible are equal to each other. Guerrilla
warfare means up to their monkey tricks.
Extracts from "Schoolboy Howlers" - the collective wisdom
of the foolish.
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Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui?
You ask, what is the most important thing?
Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.