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   Message 19,904 of 21,297   
   Hercule Platini to Johnny B Good   
   Re: British Subjecthood   
   02 Dec 07 15:09:09   
   
   From: ningynongy@nob.nob   
      
   "Johnny B Good"  wrote in message   
   news:31303030373730364750C3C305@plugzetnet.co.uk...   
   > The message <475063f1$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>   
   > from "Col"  contains these words:   
   >   
   >   
   >> "Charles Daniels"  wrote in message   
   >> news:47505867$0$90976$d368eab@news.calweb.com...   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > Ohh...alright....   
   >> >   
   >> > Well...for old time's sake then --   
   >> >   
   >> > Don't you dudes realise how pouncy y'all sound when you say   
   >> > ALOO-MINI-UM?!   
   >   
   >> You think *that's* funny?   
   >> How can I take seriously a country that has place names like   
   >> 'Chappaquiddick' and 'Kennebunkport'?   
   >   
   > It's always struck me as a rather odd 'americanism' to mispronounce the   
   > word "aluminium' in that way. Afaicr, they don't mispronounce words like   
   > sodium, plutonium, polonium, calcium... and so on and so forth (etc :-).   
      
      
   They did, but "Sodum" is still illegal in 37 states.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Hercule Platini   
      
   "Sod 'em today, Gomorrah tomorrow!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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