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Post by willien on Mar 30, 2023 22:46:52 GMT
Lou Reed worked as a typist in his dad's law firm. Yeah, just think what you might have achieved.
Kidding dude.  Oh what a perfect day Given a choice, I would want to spend it with...not Lou's chosen companion... |
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Post by dreampolice on Mar 31, 2023 9:04:30 GMT
Just testing - obviously 'to' is intentionally absent between 'pleased' and 'accept'. Obviously. ..... in 2006 turned down a job as a publishing house proof reader. Can't begin to imagine how dull I would have been if I had accepted that job. You're not a proof reader then? I had assumed you were. |
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Post by nickr on Mar 31, 2023 9:13:11 GMT
Given a choice, I would want to spend it with...not Lou's chosen companion... Oh, go on - take a walk on the wild side. |
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Post by spinno on Mar 31, 2023 9:48:16 GMT
Given a choice, I would want to spend it with...not Lou's chosen companion... Poor Sweet Jane |
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Post by Kath on Apr 5, 2023 10:43:26 GMT
Some doozies today - online.
shovinostic
voige
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Post by kate on Apr 5, 2023 10:52:53 GMT
Some doozies today - online. shovinostic voige curtesy They should be doing the Daily Express crossword. I recall our office tea break crossword stints - and that one was the hardest! PS I didn't buy it!! |
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Post by Chester PB on Apr 5, 2023 17:24:12 GMT
Some doozies today - online. shovinostic voige curtesy I sometimes try to find out if the person making the post has English as their first language. I recall some posts on the AP website (about macro lenses) by a Russian man whose use of English was better than many people who have been through the UK's education system. How many teenagers with a recent GCSE in English would have used who's in that statement? |
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Post by MJB on Apr 5, 2023 17:53:19 GMT
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Post by dreampolice on Apr 6, 2023 8:38:57 GMT
God that brought back some memories. Thanks for posting that. |
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Post by spinno on Apr 6, 2023 11:18:35 GMT
God that brought back some memories. Thanks for posting that. My walk on music |
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Post by Kath on Apr 6, 2023 16:30:50 GMT
Some doozies today - online. shovinostic voige curtesy I sometimes try to find out if the person making the post has English as their first language. I recall some posts on the AP website (about macro lenses) by a Russian man whose use of English was better than many people who have been through the UK's education system. How many teenagers with a recent GCSE in English would have used who's in that statement? 1. All English speakers in this particular case. Or at least, they are long time residents of Helensburgh with Scottish names and nothing else they've ever posted would lead you to think they were anything other than born and bred here. 2. None probably, because it would have involved the use of an apostrophe! |
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Post by mick on Apr 7, 2023 7:29:57 GMT
1. All English speakers in this particular case. Or at least, they are long time residents of Helensburgh with Scottish names and nothing else they've ever posted would lead you to think they were anything other than born and bred here. 2. None probably, because it would have involved the use of an apostrophe! When I made assumptions about origins based on name (in the GMC hearing thread) I got "corrected".
Mick
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Post by Kath on Apr 7, 2023 8:56:58 GMT
1. All English speakers in this particular case. Or at least, they are long time residents of Helensburgh with Scottish names and nothing else they've ever posted would lead you to think they were anything other than born and bred here. 2. None probably, because it would have involved the use of an apostrophe! When I made assumptions about origins based on name (in the GMC hearing thread) I got "corrected".
Mick
Well it's true that a 'foreign sounding' name doesn't necessarily mean someone is 'foreign'. And I suppose it's entirely possible that we could have some Russian/Indian/Australian/French/German/Italian/Whatever residents here called Paul Sharkey and if so I'm happy to be corrected. |
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Post by mick on Apr 7, 2023 9:20:40 GMT
I knew a Russian called McTavish.
Mick
PS I'm lying of course!
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Post by Kath on Apr 7, 2023 10:07:44 GMT
I knew a Russian called McTavish. Mick PS I'm lying of course! In fairness I do know a Russian lady here with a very UK-sounding name although I believe her first name has been anglicised and her last name is her husband's, and he is Scottish. That said you'd know that English wasn't her first language because while it's waaaaaaay better than my Russian which is non-existent, it reads as being just wrong enough all the time to suggest that she's translating from her own language, in the same way that Google translate doesn't do a perfect job all the time. Mr Sharkey on the other hand, just can't spell. |
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