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 monkey  Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 13 Jul 24 2.08pm |
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Originally posted by cROYdonrogers
This topic's amazing It’s ‘epic’ and ‘sick’ as well
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| YT Oxford 13 Jul 24 2.23pm |
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Originally posted by eagleman13
Your pedantry has reached new heights, i salute you. I am honoured, sir.
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| YT Oxford 13 Jul 24 2.27pm |
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XXXXX have rewritten the history books. (Errr, no they haven't) XXXXX are looking to make history at the weekend (Errr, you can't avoid making history, whatever you do)
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| YT Oxford 13 Jul 24 2.36pm |
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And here's a somewhat esoteric one, but if at least one person gets it, then my life's work will be complete. At the time of the Open golf championship, every pundit, reporter etc refers to "the claret jug" but the inflection they adopt suggests a jug that is claret-coloured ie they put too much emphasis on the word "claret". The correct inflection should suggest a jug that's used to hold and pour claret. This is achieved by emphasising neither word, or perhaps emphasising "jug" slightly more than "claret". Try it and you'll see that I'm right!
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 13 Jul 24 2.47pm |
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Originally posted by YT
And here's a somewhat esoteric one, but if at least one person gets it, then my life's work will be complete. At the time of the Open golf championship, every pundit, reporter etc refers to "the claret jug" but the inflection they adopt suggests a jug that is claret-coloured ie they put too much emphasis on the word "claret". The correct inflection should suggest a jug that's used to hold and pour claret. This is achieved by emphasising neither word, or perhaps emphasising "jug" slightly more than "claret". Try it and you'll see that I'm right! I also get this as I have one myself & enjoy a glass occasionally.
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| YT Oxford 13 Jul 24 2.52pm |
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Originally posted by eagleman13
I also get this as I have one myself & enjoy a glass occasionally. My life's work is complete.
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 13 Jul 24 2.56pm |
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Originally posted by YT
My life's work is complete. why don't you f*ck off with the emphasis on 'off' not 'f*ck'
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Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 13 Jul 24 4.30pm |
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I disengage, I turn the page. |
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 13 Jul 24 6.13pm |
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I just got warned for that ... sorry, only joking!
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 13 Jul 24 7.30pm |
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Many years ago there was a gentleman advanced in years who used to say with some regularity "It won't always be dark at seven".
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| silvertop Portishead 14 Jul 24 8.58am |
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Originally posted by Willo
Many years ago there was a gentleman advanced in years who used to say with some regularity "It won't always be dark at seven". You made that up. Who invents a fictitious phrase made by an imaginary person just to annoy themselves?
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 14 Jul 24 9.05am |
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Originally posted by silvertop
You made that up. Total and utter hogwash, there is not a scintilla of truth in your accusation.Suffice to say you suffer from the material disadvantage of being wrong. The aged gentleman in question was from "Oop North" with a stentorian voice and these incidents occurred in the 70s. Edited by Willo (14 Jul 2024 9.10am)
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