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Re:Blondes
That was great!!! I'm blonde and I laugh the hardest at the blonde jokes... still good to hear one go the other way!!
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Language pair: English; Arabic, Egyptian
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Theresa
January 31, 2004
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Re:Have you ever wondered why?
I really liked this Chrisanta. Some more things to think about - why is the plural of 'goose' geese, but of 'mongoose' mongooses? (we're still at it - rodent 'mice' but computer 'mouses'). Turkeys don't come from Turkey but from the Americas (at least English isn't the only confused one, some languages, including Turkish, think they come from India). And butterflies aren't flies (like most insects ending in -fly)and where on earth does the butter come from? And shouldn't 'inflammable' mean the opposite of 'flammable', what's the point of 2 words meaning the same? OK, I'm off and going to keep away from any 'humanitarians' now!
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Language pair: Filipino (Tagalog); All
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David
January 30, 2004
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Latest: January 30, 2004
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american version
January 23, 2004
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american version
January 23, 2004
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american version
January 23, 2004
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Latest: January 30, 2004
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Re:write and loose weight!
Yo tampoco lo entiendo.
I don't understand what it means.
Saludos
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Language pair: Arabic, Middle Eastern; Hindi
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Javier G.
November 16, 2003
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Latest: November 16, 2003
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David
November 11, 2003
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A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling by Mark Twain
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling by Mark Twain
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped
to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer
be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained
would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2
might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the
same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with
"i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.
Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with
Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or
so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants.
Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi
ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the
maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th"
rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi
wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking
werld.
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Language pair: English; All
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Dmitry L.
October 7, 2003
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Just Wondering
Hi All!
Here some 'Just Wondering' jokes:
Why is a boxing ring square?
Why is it called lipstick if you can still open your mouth?
Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery?"
If a chicken bites a man, does he remark that the man tasted just like
chicken?
Why is it that night falls, but doesn't break, and morning breaks, but
never fell?
Isn't it redundant to pay a psychiatrist $100 an hour and then ask him if
you are crazy?
Which makes a woman more angry, flirting with her or not flirting with her?
If you get sick at an airport, is that considered a terminal illness?
Where do masochists go after death? To hell or to paradise?
If four out of five people SUFFER from diarrhea, does that mean that one
enjoys it?
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Language pair: English; All
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Dmitry L.
September 30, 2003
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Re:Re:konnichi wa
i would love to learn japanese if you would teach me and i would also help you learn english. please?
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Language pair: English; All
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Becky n.
September 4, 2003
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