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|    Irina Rempt to Helen Hall    |
|    Re: What (not) to write...    |
|    24 Sep 08 21:32:04    |
      d9276d3d       From: irina@valdyas.org              Helen Hall wrote:              > The US poster who said she was going to cull her rats was       > deeply affronted by the cries of outrage from the Brits. But even when       > we'd worked out the difference in meaning, she was totally       > unrepentent, basically saying that her version of English trumped ours       > and we were stupid for thinking that she'd kill any of her rats.              What *did* she mean, then? I think I know only the UK meaning.               Irina              --        "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth       should that mean that it is not real?" --Albus Dumbledore       http://www.valdyas.org/foundobjects/index.cgi Latest: 23-Sep-2008              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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