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Stirlingsays Flag 31 Jul 21 11.46pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Is Michael dead?

Na, that's Paul.

 


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OldFart Flag By the sea 01 Aug 21 1.06am Send a Private Message to OldFart Add OldFart as a friend

I can remember spending many a happy hour conjucating my verbs when I was younger

 

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Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 01 Aug 21 3.10am Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

Originally posted by DanH

No it didn’t. English isn’t a Latin language.

Three of the words in those two short sentences are of Latin derivation.

 


Wife beating may be socially acceptable in Sheffield, but it is a different matter in Cheltenham

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adelaar Flag Edgware 01 Aug 21 5.30am Send a Private Message to adelaar Add adelaar as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

German stand up comedian Henning Venn’s set including English and in colloquialisms in London and Thames estuary is pretty funny. Pretty much proves how foreigners who learn English speak better English than English people who had ignorant parents but didn’t grow up on bread and dripping and little education.


My old man (a Palace fan since the 50s, he gave me a Palace programme from a 1957 match) had a similar cutting from a newspaper on our fridge. It mentioned how Dutch students didn't need to leave English grammar because they already knew it- but the English students needed to undertake a 6 week grammar course before they could then learn Latin!

 

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Teddy Eagle Flag 01 Aug 21 6.38am Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Na, that's Paul.

Ironically he could end up the one who isn’t.

 

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Slimey Toad Flag Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 01 Aug 21 6.58am Send a Private Message to Slimey Toad Add Slimey Toad as a friend

We were allowed to opt out of Latin after third year, and peer pressure ('what's the point of speaking Latin?') guided me to do that. Shame, as I was quite good at it and it would have been fun 'doing a Boris' with my mates down the pub.

 

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kingdowieonthewall Flag Sussex, ex-Cronx. 01 Aug 21 7.52am Send a Private Message to kingdowieonthewall Add kingdowieonthewall as a friend

they'd be best served teaching teenagers to cook & basic food science

 


Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

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becky Flag over the moon 01 Aug 21 8.36am Send a Private Message to becky Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add becky as a friend

Originally posted by kingdowieonthewall

they'd be best served teaching teenagers to cook & basic food science

Ah - but as my old primary school head always said: "Everything you need to know is written in a book somewhere - therefore if you can read, you can discover anything you may need for the rest of your life"

 


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ex hibitionist Flag Hastings 01 Aug 21 8.48am Send a Private Message to ex hibitionist Add ex hibitionist as a friend

Caesar ad sum iam forte
passus sum sed Antoni

 

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kingdowieonthewall Flag Sussex, ex-Cronx. 01 Aug 21 8.58am Send a Private Message to kingdowieonthewall Add kingdowieonthewall as a friend

Originally posted by becky

Ah - but as my old primary school head always said: "Everything you need to know is written in a book somewhere - therefore if you can read, you can discover anything you may need for the rest of your life"

this is true Becky, but a few hours a week being taught the basics skills & understanding the relevance of what ones putting into your body.
All this cant afford to eat bull, I fed mrs & myself a whole week for £20 a year ago, it was ok grub too.
take a few hours off their 'meeja' schedules

 


Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

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Stirlingsays Flag 01 Aug 21 9.15am Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Ironically he could end up the one who isn’t.

 


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Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 01 Aug 21 1.02pm Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

Originally posted by ex hibitionist

Caesar ad sum iam forte
passus sum sed Antoni

Is abille eres ago
Fortibus is in aro

 


Wife beating may be socially acceptable in Sheffield, but it is a different matter in Cheltenham

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