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From: Tony Raven on 18 Aug 2006 16:50 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. -- Tony "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
From: Alex Heney on 18 Aug 2006 17:03 On 18 Aug 2006 13:51:06 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Paul {Hamilton Rooney} (craig(a)oil.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like >they were saying : > >>>> Resist winding a fuckwit up? It is hard, but then you >>>> Europeans get so upset about swearing... > >>>Who said I'm a European..? > >> Wales is in Europe, innit. With a name like Ivor you must be Welsh or >> Russian. > >Are many Russians called "Jones"? > >B'sides - every group on the x-post list is UK.<something>, so there's a >reasonable implication that we're all European residents at the very least. Not in Ivor-Land :-) -- Alex Heney, Global Villager An error? Impossible! My modem is error correcting. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: PC Paul on 18 Aug 2006 17:04 Adrian wrote: > Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying : > >>> What have you got against sexual functions and body >>> parts? I'm quite keen on them, myself. > >> So am I, at certain times and places. This isn't one of them. > > Why don't you learn how to write a filter for your news client that > recognises certain words and bins those posts? Or get the same effect by using the alternate Usenet Newsreader: "Notepad"
From: Alex Heney on 18 Aug 2006 17:05 On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:01:50 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Ivor Jones wrote: >> "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:Xns982397087BE39adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 >>> Paul {Hamilton Rooney} (craig(a)oil.com) gurgled happily, >>> sounding much like they were saying : >>> >>>>>> Resist winding a fuckwit up? It is hard, but then >>>>>> you Europeans get so upset about swearing... >>> >>>>> Who said I'm a European..? >>> >>>> Wales is in Europe, innit. With a name like Ivor you >>>> must be Welsh or Russian. >>> >>> Are many Russians called "Jones"? >>> >>> B'sides - every group on the x-post list is >>> UK.<something>, so there's a reasonable implication that >>> we're all European residents at the very least. >> >> I'm a UK resident not a European resident. There is no such country as >> Europe. > >Where's this country called "UK"? > There is a "State" called the United Kingdom (UK for short) :-) -- Alex Heney, Global Villager An error? Impossible! My modem is error correcting. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: Alex Heney on 18 Aug 2006 17:05
On 18 Aug 2006 18:44:20 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Mike Henry ({$usenet-spamdump$}@mrtickle.demon.co.uk) gurgled happily, >sounding much like they were saying : > >>>By definition the UK is not "a" country. It's four countries under a >>>single monarch and government (mostly). > >> Er, surely it's two countries, one principality and one province. > >Which, together, form one...? Nation State. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Thirty-nine is a nice age for a man, especially if he's over 40 To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom |