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Message no. 1
From: The Digital Mage <mn3rge@****.ac.uk>
Subject: Damn British words!
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 11:16:52 +0000 (GMT)
On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Nathan Walker wrote:

> From: The Digital Mage <mn3rge@****.ac.uk>
> >get VR2 (probably for Xmas as I personally am skint at present :( )
>
> Hmfh... Da*n british words. :)
>
> Why dontcha's lurn how to tulk?
Heh! Sorry, skint = broke, no money etc. But then I realised when I went
to America this Summer how many common words you don't know about eg loo
= toilet, bin = garbage can etc

Sorry for not being SR relevant !


The Digital Mage : mn3rge@****.ac.uk
Shadowrun WWW site at http://www.bath.ac.uk/~mn3rge/Shadowrun
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"We're falling from ecstacy, like Changlings."
-Fields of the Nephilim, Psychonaut Lib 111.
Message no. 2
From: "A Halliwell" <u5a77@**.keele.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Damn British words!
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 15:30:30 +0000 (GMT)
>
> On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Nathan Walker wrote:
>
> > From: The Digital Mage <mn3rge@****.ac.uk>
> > >get VR2 (probably for Xmas as I personally am skint at present :( )
> >
> > Hmfh... Da*n british words. :)
> >
> > Why dontcha's lurn how to tulk?
> Heh! Sorry, skint = broke, no money etc. But then I realised when I went
> to America this Summer how many common words you don't know about eg loo
> = toilet, bin = garbage can etc

I totally agree. We should be able to speak OUR version of English which is
>>> English <<<. There are a lot of American words we get stuck with,
but TV
helps to break that barrier down.

Us Brits should stick together.
How about compiling a Brit >> American dictionary. I think I know someone
who could give us a good start.
>
> Sorry for not being SR relevant !
>
>
> The Digital Mage : mn3rge@****.ac.uk
> Shadowrun WWW site at http://www.bath.ac.uk/~mn3rge/Shadowrun
> -------------------------------------------------------
> "We're falling from ecstacy, like Changlings."
> -Fields of the Nephilim, Psychonaut Lib 111.
>
>


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