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   From: vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid   
      
   Le 31/12/2025 à 23:38, The Doctor a écrit :   
   > Charles Hope wrote:   
   >> On 31/12/2025 16:50, The Doctor wrote:   
   >>> Hibou wrote:   
   >>>> Le 31/12/2025 à 14:38, The Doctor a écrit :   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Where is here, owl?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Scotland.   
   >>>   
   >>> What is the scottish word for owl?#   
   >>   
   >> oolet (in Doric)   
   >   
   > So why not call yourself oolet instead of hibou?   
      
      
   Because I cut my Usenet teeth in the fr.* groups, and still frequent   
   them to some extent. I learnt a lot of French that way, but those groups   
   are now largely moribund, hélas.   
      
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