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Linz
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:35 pm
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:51:34 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com>
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| Quote: | Mike Lyle spake thusly:
Salvatore Volatile wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
One wonders why Coop doesn't shift his residence from America to
one of the countries he most likes -- either England or Ireland,
that is.
There, he could chat away using all manner of Briticisms without
being given the odd look he must receive in Orlando when pulling
such stunts.
Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British
expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.
And the fact that you can buy a seven-bedroom house, on the
golf-course, with a pool and a hot tub, for the price of a beach hut
at Cromer.
We used to have a beach hut at Cromer. One day I will be rich enough
to have another.
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Two? That's a bit greedy.
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The point of education is to correct ignorance. It cannot deal with stupidity.
(Mortimer Hebblethwaite, uk.misc)
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John Dean
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:50 pm
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R H Draney wrote:
| Quote: | John Dean filted:
I learned two things in Skegness. 1) Those visitors who book a
fortnight at Butlins and park their cars facing the sea will have
rusty radiators by the time they go home and 2) if you strike due
North from Skegness beach you don't encounter any land until after
you've passed the North Pole.
At which point you're no longer going north....
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I would have thought that too obvious to be worth saying. Am I missing
something?
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John Dean
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:41 pm
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John Dean filted:
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R H Draney wrote:
John Dean filted:
I learned two things in Skegness. 1) Those visitors who book a
fortnight at Butlins and park their cars facing the sea will have
rusty radiators by the time they go home and 2) if you strike due
North from Skegness beach you don't encounter any land until after
you've passed the North Pole.
At which point you're no longer going north....
I would have thought that too obvious to be worth saying. Am I missing
something?
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ObJerryMaguire: you had me at "if you strike due North from Skegness beach you
don't encounter any land"....r
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:00 pm
Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp |
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Linz spake thusly:
| Quote: | On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:51:34 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com
wrote:
Mike Lyle spake thusly:
Salvatore Volatile wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
One wonders why Coop doesn't shift his residence from America to
one of the countries he most likes -- either England or Ireland,
that is.
There, he could chat away using all manner of Briticisms without
being given the odd look he must receive in Orlando when pulling
such stunts.
Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British
expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.
And the fact that you can buy a seven-bedroom house, on the
golf-course, with a pool and a hot tub, for the price of a beach hut
at Cromer.
We used to have a beach hut at Cromer. One day I will be rich enough
to have another.
Two? That's a bit greedy.
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It would be, but sadly, we no longer have the original beach hut. I
think they were rented, in any case. No, I simply yearn to be able,
one day, to inhabit another.
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David
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Earle Jones
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:32 am
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In article <dj5m3m$bfn$1@news.wss.yale.edu>,
Salvatore Volatile <me@privacy.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Charles Riggs wrote:
One wonders why Coop doesn't shift his residence from America to one
of the countries he most likes -- either England or Ireland, that is.
There, he could chat away using all manner of Briticisms without being
given the odd look he must receive in Orlando when pulling such
stunts.
Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British expats
in residence? Something about the sunshine.
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Florida is mostly New Yorkers. I don't know where the Brits go.
earle
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:06 am
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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:32:08 -0700, Earle Jones
<earle.jones@comcast.net> wrote:
| Quote: | In article <dj5m3m$bfn$1@news.wss.yale.edu>,
Salvatore Volatile <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
One wonders why Coop doesn't shift his residence from America to one
of the countries he most likes -- either England or Ireland, that is.
There, he could chat away using all manner of Briticisms without being
given the odd look he must receive in Orlando when pulling such
stunts.
Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British expats
in residence? Something about the sunshine.
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Florida is mostly New Yorkers. I don't know where the Brits go.
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Don't forget the thousands upon thousands of blue-haired old ladies in
Coopland, many of them from New Jersey.
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:07 am
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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:32:08 -0700, Earle Jones
<earle.jones@comcast.net> wrote:
| Quote: | In article <dj5m3m$bfn$1@news.wss.yale.edu>,
Salvatore Volatile <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
One wonders why Coop doesn't shift his residence from America to one
of the countries he most likes -- either England or Ireland, that is.
There, he could chat away using all manner of Briticisms without being
given the odd look he must receive in Orlando when pulling such
stunts.
Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of British expats
in residence? Something about the sunshine.
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Florida is mostly New Yorkers. I don't know where the Brits go.
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That may be true of south Florida in the Broward/Dade area (Ft
Lauderdale to Miami), but it's not true of Florida in general. I
haven't done a census, but it seems to me that if you want to find a
former Midwesterner that you can throw a rock anywhere in the central
part of Florida, the southwest coast of Florida, or the northwest
coast of Florida and hit one. The British diaspora head for the area
just south and west of Orlando, and the Canadians are thick as black
flies in the St Pete area.
My impressions are based largely on license plates. People end up
retiring where they vacation. I get out of the way of New Yawk and
New Jersey license-plated cars on the south end of I-95, and can't get
around the slow-moving Midwest and Canadian license-plated cars on
I-75. The cars with Puerto Rican flags hanging from the rear view
mirror post are all over.
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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL |
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:53 pm
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On 25 Oct 2005, Charles Riggs wrote
| Quote: | On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:32:08 -0700, Earle Jones
earle.jones@comcast.net> wrote:
In article <dj5m3m$bfn$1@news.wss.yale.edu>,
Salvatore Volatile <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
One wonders why Coop doesn't shift his residence from America
to one of the countries he most likes -- either England or
Ireland, that is. There, he could chat away using all manner of
Briticisms without being given the odd look he must receive in
Orlando when pulling such stunts.
Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of
British expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.
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Florida is mostly New Yorkers. I don't know where the Brits go.
Don't forget the thousands upon thousands of blue-haired old
ladies in Coopland, many of them from New Jersey.
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I thought parts of Florida were colonised by snowbirds from Canada.
Maybe they import some mixed usages.
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Cheers, Harvey
Canadian (30 years) and British (23 years)
For e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van |
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:16 am
Post subject: Re: How many Americans know the word 'cheeky' as meaning imp |
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:53:19 GMT, Harvey Van Sickle
<harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On 25 Oct 2005, Charles Riggs wrote
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:32:08 -0700, Earle Jones
earle.jones@comcast.net> wrote:
In article <dj5m3m$bfn$1@news.wss.yale.edu>,
Salvatore Volatile <me@privacy.net> wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
One wonders why Coop doesn't shift his residence from America
to one of the countries he most likes -- either England or
Ireland, that is. There, he could chat away using all manner of
Briticisms without being given the odd look he must receive in
Orlando when pulling such stunts.
Although doesn't Florida have an unusually large number of
British expats in residence? Something about the sunshine.
*
Florida is mostly New Yorkers. I don't know where the Brits go.
Don't forget the thousands upon thousands of blue-haired old
ladies in Coopland, many of them from New Jersey.
I thought parts of Florida were colonised by snowbirds from Canada.
Maybe they import some mixed usages.
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I suspect millions of people from God-knows-where also settle the
state, many of those being retired. There's no accounting for taste.
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