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From: mattic on 20 Aug 2006 19:07 "Mark Foster" <m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST(a)sussex.ac.uk> wrote in message news:m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST-A04131.20295220082006(a)no-dns-yet-212-23-3-119.zen.co.uk... > > Just for the record, like Ivor, I am not European either. Personally, I > consider myself to be English. Then you are also European. Tell me, will you take the discount for European customers? Or will you pay full price?
From: mattic on 20 Aug 2006 19:07 "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4krr1vFdibckU1(a)individual.net... > > > "mattic" <this(a)wontwork.com> wrote in message > news:Qm0Gg.15118$rP1.4096(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au >> "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message >> news:4krglfFdcosjU1(a)individual.net... >> > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> > news:neKdnfSLJad-FnXZRVnyrw(a)bt.com >> > >> > [snip] >> > >> > > > > What insult is being levelled at you? >> > > > >> > > > You know perfectly well. You are calling me a >> > > > European and I have asked you not to. It doesn't >> > > > matter if you don't understand why I consider it an >> > > > insult, merely that you know I do. >> > > >> > > So tell us why you consider it an insult. >> > >> > Why does someone from Pakistan consider being called a >> > "Paki" an insult..? I don't know, but they do and I >> > would never dream of insulting someone from that >> > country in such a way. >> >> Erm...they don't actually, Ivor. British people of >> Pakistani origin may find it insulting due to the way it >> is used, but here, in Australia, they are called Pakis >> all the time with no problems whatsoever. Hell, even >> Richie Benaud calls them Pakis during cricket commentary. > > I am not in Australia. Please don't assume people worldwide share your > beliefs. For you, being in England may well be being European, but for me, > here, it isn't. Why can't (or won't) you accept that..? Because you have offered no explanation as to why. Make a sound, logical (or emotional, if you like) argument and I'll simply agree to disagree.
From: Mark Foster on 20 Aug 2006 19:09 In article <YW5Gg.15202$rP1.5353(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "mattic" <this(a)wontwork.com> wrote: > "Mark Foster" <m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST(a)sussex.ac.uk> wrote in message > news:m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST-A04131.20295220082006(a)no-dns-yet-212-23-3-119.zen > .co.uk... > > > > Just for the record, like Ivor, I am not European either. Personally, I > > consider myself to be English. > > Then you are also European. No, I'm English. > Tell me, will you take the discount for European customers? Or will you pay > full price? I'll take the European discount because being English, I'm not stupid. :-) -- "There are no such useless words as...'I didn't have a chance.'" [Driving, HMSO]
From: Alex Heney on 20 Aug 2006 19:15 On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 07:51:58 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Alex Heney wrote: >> On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:16:32 +0100, "Brimstone" >> <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Paul {Hamilton Rooney} wrote: >>>> On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:08:44 +0100, "Brimstone" >>>> <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Alex Heney" <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote in message >>>>> news:5lhce2dfu34qn4ppn7o1frf94sgfl0t2fv(a)4ax.com... >>>>>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:50:58 +0100, Tony Raven >>>>>> <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Alex Heney wrote on 18/08/2006 21:40 +0100: >>>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:58:04 GMT, JAF >>>>>>>> <anarchSPAMKILLER(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:07:41 +0100, Paul {Hamilton Rooney} >>>>>>>>> <craig(a)oil.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It meant a fixed thing or place. >>>>>>>>> Post (stick in the ground) and post (mail) have different >>>>>>>>> origins. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And "undertake" (to take upon oneself), "undertake" (to carry >>>>>>>> out funerals) and "undertake" (to pass on the "wrong" side) all >>>>>>>> have different origins. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But only the first two are recognised by the OED. >>>>>> >>>>>> True. >>>>>> >>>>>> But give it time :-) >>>>> >>>>> How long? >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'd guess two or three years. >>> >>> Hmmm, I've been hearing it used in the sense of passing another >>> vehicle on the nearside for as many decades, how come the OED >>> haven't included it yet? >>> >> >> The OED require print evidence of it having been used with that >> meaning. >> >> Didn't you watch "Balderdash and Piffle" on BBC2 recently? > >I don't watch TV. > OK. That was one of the more interesting series in recent years. There is an article about it in the latest OED newsletter. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager "Apple" (c) 6024 b.c., Adam & Eve To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: Brimstone on 20 Aug 2006 19:22
Mark Foster wrote: > In article <YW5Gg.15202$rP1.5353(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>, > "mattic" <this(a)wontwork.com> wrote: > >> "Mark Foster" <m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST(a)sussex.ac.uk> wrote in message >> news:m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST-A04131.20295220082006(a)no-dns-yet-212-23-3-119.zen >> .co.uk... >>> >>> Just for the record, like Ivor, I am not European either. >>> Personally, I consider myself to be English. >> >> Then you are also European. > > No, I'm English. > >> Tell me, will you take the discount for European customers? Or will >> you pay full price? > > I'll take the European discount because being English, I'm not stupid. That would be fraud. |