English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
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Apps....Applications
Tech...computer stuff (all second hand low grade technology)
Engineer (boiler mechanic, telephone technician etc)
Al
Tech...computer stuff (all second hand low grade technology)
Engineer (boiler mechanic, telephone technician etc)
Al
Reuse, recycle, thus do your bit to save the planet.... Get stuff at auctions, Dump, Charity Shops, Facebook Marketplace, Ebay, Car Boots. Choose an Old House, and a Banger ..... And cycle as often as you can......
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Shipping forecast NOW.
The announcer said, "the twenny-eight of May"
The announcer said, "the twenny-eight of May"
Mick F. Cornwall
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In the weather forecast they always say its going to be mold, when they mean mild!
Miriam Margolyes may be half Ausie but she cant half speak proper.
Al
Miriam Margolyes may be half Ausie but she cant half speak proper.
Al
Reuse, recycle, thus do your bit to save the planet.... Get stuff at auctions, Dump, Charity Shops, Facebook Marketplace, Ebay, Car Boots. Choose an Old House, and a Banger ..... And cycle as often as you can......
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Don't get me onto ............
Plarnt instead of plant
Barth instead of bath
Grarse instead of grass
The list is endless ........... or should it be endlarse.
Mick F. Cornwall
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People who call themselves the Mummy and Daddy of their dogs.
Apart from the nauseous sentimentality there is a disquieting suggestion of inter species activities.
Apart from the nauseous sentimentality there is a disquieting suggestion of inter species activities.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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We drove up through Launceston today and via Holsworthy to Bideford to see Daughter1 and Grandson. 40odd mile drive each way.
Stayed for lunch.
LAWNSTON, and HOLES WORTHY and then BIDDY FORD.
Stayed for lunch.
LAWNSTON, and HOLES WORTHY and then BIDDY FORD.
Mick F. Cornwall
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PS:
We had A wonderful time at The home of our daughter.
We also had a wonderful time at the home of our daughter.
Do you get the difference of the A and The to the a and the?
Does my head in!!!
Too many people these days using The and A when they mean the and a.
We had A wonderful time at The home of our daughter.
We also had a wonderful time at the home of our daughter.
Do you get the difference of the A and The to the a and the?
Does my head in!!!
Too many people these days using The and A when they mean the and a.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Yer not wrong,nauseating doesn't begin to describe it,and worrying in equal measure!Mike Sales wrote: ↑29 May 2022, 6:31pm People who call themselves the Mummy and Daddy of their dogs.
Apart from the nauseous sentimentality there is a disquieting suggestion of inter species activities.
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
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The bit I've highlighted went straight over my head, rather than doing it in. (While we're on, I find more than one exclamation mark at a time irritating, but not something to linger on.)
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I'm not surprised and i don't think that you'll be alone. The problem with this way of describing the difference in emphasis is explained a couple of pages back:thirdcrank wrote: ↑3 Jun 2022, 7:56amThe bit I've highlighted went straight over my head, rather than doing it in.
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Fortunately there's an effective alternative.
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Thanks for that. My missing it last time round is probably evidence of my eyes glazing over, rather than it having already slipped from my short-term memory.