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I learnt that those little accents added to letters are known as diacritical marks.
I learnt that those little accents added to letters are known as diacritical marks.
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And streaks down the pan are diarrheatical marks.Originally posted by The Bloop View PostComment
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Elivis recorded it first but Terry Stafford released it firstOriginally posted by Cleve van Leef View Post
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I've learnt what it feels like to hand your notice in and when people ask what are you going to do next, be able to say "nothing", I've paid my mortgage off and always wanted to retire before I am 60. I'll finish on May 7th, the day before my 60th birthday.Comment
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Joe Jacobson is 34 and still scoringComment
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I always thought the term to give ‘elbow room’ comes from the days of sail . When the sails were being furled especially in bad weather and all hands were aloft which made the yards somewhat crowded.
I learned this week that the idiom elbow room has been in use since the mid-1500s and is found in William Shakespeare’s play The Life and Death of King John: “Ay, marry, now my soul hath elbow-room…”
...Well you did askComment
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3 - 0 is a dangerous scoreline.Comment
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Every now and then SkyBet have a very generous bonus boost on Saturdays football.
Today they offered 15/2 for Norwich, Watford and Cardiff all to win - happy days.Comment
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One week on and what I have learned this particular week is:
1. It takes a lot longer for food to pass through a woman's body compared to a man's. (The Body, Bill Bryson)
2. The parachute used for the Mars landing was made in Tiverton (BBC 1 news)
3. Consenting incest is not illegal in France* (Radio 4).
*As well as Belgium,The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, China, Russia, India, Burma, The Philippines, Ukraine, Thailand, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
By the way, don't you hate it when you kiss granny goodnight and she slips you the tongue?Comment
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Members of this board are actually able to have a debate about Christianity, without it resulting in a name calling slag fest.Comment
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Got both on my playlist. Stafford's version the better.Originally posted by Cleve van Leef View PostComment
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Ive just finished a history of the United States and thought I’d share with you the following
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 sq miles which effectively doubled its then size.
The US asked Francis Baring and Company of London to handle the sale and bonds were sold to bankers and institutions in London to raise the funds.
Ironically England and France were at war and Napoleon used the money to finance his war against England with English institutions providing the wherewithalComment
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That if you haven't got a BIG SCREEN, you can't see Flint is offsideComment
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