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Old Nov 24th 2004, 10:14 pm
  #91  
Padraig Breathnach
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Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:35:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Padraig Breathnach
    ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... > ... I feel left out!
    > ... >
    > ... >You speak English !
    > ...
    > ... There's more to me than that.
    >You are still one of us. Na !
 
Old Nov 24th 2004, 10:15 pm
  #92  
Padraig Breathnach
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Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:35:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Padraig Breathnach
    ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... > ... I feel left out!
    > ... >
    > ... >You speak English !
    > ...
    > ... There's more to me than that.
    >You are still one of us. Na !

Níl mé ar aon aigne leat.

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Old Nov 24th 2004, 10:18 pm
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"Magda" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

[...]
    > Use Brazilian as an adjective, then, as in "Brazilian Portuguese" (as
    > opposed to
    > "Lusitanian Portuguese").

ok

merlinO
 
Old Nov 24th 2004, 10:46 pm
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:47:33 +0100, Magda wrote:

    > ... Maybe these childrens was been in Italy before, in the last years many
    > ... italians families have accomodated east european childrens for some month.
    >
    > Children is already a plural.

Reduced to correcting spelling and grammar again? You missed a few

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Old Nov 24th 2004, 11:08 pm
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Magda
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:15:52 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:35:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Padraig Breathnach
... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... >
... > ... > ... I feel left out!
... > ... >
... > ... >You speak English !
... > ...
... > ... There's more to me than that.
... >
... >You are still one of us. Na !
...
... Níl mé ar aon aigne leat.

Swsto !
 
Old Nov 24th 2004, 11:14 pm
  #96  
Magda
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:46:14 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:47:33 +0100, Magda wrote:
...
... > ... Maybe these childrens was been in Italy before, in the last years many
... > ... italians families have accomodated east european childrens for some month.
... >
... > Children is already a plural.
...
... Reduced to correcting spelling and grammar again? You missed a few

I know, I mentioned just the most painful one. You go ahead.
 
Old Nov 24th 2004, 11:22 pm
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Tim Challenger
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:14:01 +0100, Magda wrote:

    > On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:46:14 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Tim Challenger
    > <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    >
    > ... On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:47:33 +0100, Magda wrote:
    > ...
    > ... > ... Maybe these childrens was been in Italy before, in the last years many
    > ... > ... italians families have accomodated east european childrens for some month.
    > ... >
    > ... > Children is already a plural.
    > ...
    > ... Reduced to correcting spelling and grammar again? You missed a few
    >
    > I know, I mentioned just the most painful one. You go ahead.

I'm petty, but not *that* petty.
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Old Nov 24th 2004, 11:52 pm
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Magda
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:22:18 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:14:01 +0100, Magda wrote:
...
... > On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:46:14 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Tim Challenger
... > <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:47:33 +0100, Magda wrote:
... > ...
... > ... > ... Maybe these childrens was been in Italy before, in the last years many
... > ... > ... italians families have accomodated east european childrens for some month.
... > ... >
... > ... > Children is already a plural.
... > ...
... > ... Reduced to correcting spelling and grammar again? You missed a few
... >
... > I know, I mentioned just the most painful one. You go ahead.
...
... I'm petty, but not *that* petty.

Come on, be nice and teach the world something.
I want to learn.
 
Old Nov 25th 2004, 12:00 am
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Tim Challenger
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:52:22 +0100, Magda wrote:

    > ... > ... > Children is already a plural.
    > ... > ...
    > ... > ... Reduced to correcting spelling and grammar again? You missed a few
    > ... >
    > ... > I know, I mentioned just the most painful one. You go ahead.
    > ...
    > ... I'm petty, but not *that* petty.
    >
    > Come on, be nice and teach the world something.

I thought that was your job.
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Tim C.
 
Old Nov 25th 2004, 12:13 am
  #100  
Magda
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:00:35 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:52:22 +0100, Magda wrote:
...
... > ... > ... > Children is already a plural.
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Reduced to correcting spelling and grammar again? You missed a few
... > ... >
... > ... > I know, I mentioned just the most painful one. You go ahead.
... > ...
... > ... I'm petty, but not *that* petty.
... >
... > Come on, be nice and teach the world something.
...
... I thought that was your job.

Think again.
 
Old Nov 25th 2004, 12:25 am
  #101  
nitram
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:00:35 +0100, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:52:22 +0100, Magda wrote:
    >> ... > ... > Children is already a plural.
    >> ... > ...
    >> ... > ... Reduced to correcting spelling and grammar again? You missed a few
    >> ... >
    >> ... > I know, I mentioned just the most painful one. You go ahead.
    >> ...
    >> ... I'm petty, but not *that* petty.
    >>
    >> Come on, be nice and teach the world something.
    >I thought that was your job.

Nah, Magda has just dismantled the Mixi engine and is up to her elbows
in grease.
--
Martin
 
Old Nov 25th 2004, 12:40 am
  #102  
Tim Challenger
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:25:01 +0100, [email protected] wrote:

    > On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:00:35 +0100, Tim Challenger
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:52:22 +0100, Magda wrote:
    >>> ... > ... > Children is already a plural.
    >>> ... > ...
    >>> ... > ... Reduced to correcting spelling and grammar again? You missed a few
    >>> ... >
    >>> ... > I know, I mentioned just the most painful one. You go ahead.
    >>> ...
    >>> ... I'm petty, but not *that* petty.
    >>>
    >>> Come on, be nice and teach the world something.
    >>I thought that was your job.
    >
    > Nah, Magda has just dismantled the Mixi engine and is up to her elbows
    > in grease.

I hope she gets him back together soon. I was beginning to like the new
version.
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Old Nov 25th 2004, 12:45 am
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nitram
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:40:47 +0100, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >> Nah, Magda has just dismantled the Mixi engine and is up to her elbows
    >> in grease.
    >I hope she gets him back together soon. I was beginning to like the new
    >version.

I suppose it takes all sorts ...
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Old Nov 25th 2004, 12:50 am
  #104  
S Viemeister
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Gerald Oliver Swift wrote:
    >
    > "Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote
    > > I feel left out!

    >
    > Sorry! and Gaelic!
    >
And Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Manx.

Sheila
 
Old Nov 25th 2004, 2:09 am
  #105  
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:30:25 +0000, [email protected]
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:

    >Hungarian and Finnish/Estonian are sometimes lumped together, along with
    >Basque- not because they are like each other, but that they are
    >unrelated to any other Indo-european languages. Are there any others in
    >this category.

Basque is not only unrelated to any Indo-European language, but
doesn't belong to any known language group.
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