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sarah_louise

Anyone know the origin of "The Full Bifta " ?

Anyone know the origin of "The Full Bifta " and what does it mean ?
11:06 Wed 18th Apr 20074 answers, last by Quizmonster 08:50 Sun 21st Feb 2010
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jdfc2005

English to Irish Gaelic translation?

I'm looking for anyone out there who can translate the phrase ''Fortune favours the brave'' for me into irish gaelic. Thanks
17:27 Tue 17th Apr 20073 answers, last by crokepark 10:17 Sun 06th May 2007
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crom

Line in Othello

'Put money in your purse' What did Iago mean?
22:19 Wed 18th Apr 20075 answers, last by crom 13:10 Sun 29th Apr 2007
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neep

Latin Translation

Can anyone translate the following inscriptions I found on some gravestones. "Multum in brevi temore" "Ignosce nobis la grimas nostras"
20:56 Tue 17th Apr 20076 answers, last by neep 18:58 Mon 23rd Apr 2007
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scotchollie

Who let the dogs out?

Who, who, who??
15:26 Tue 17th Apr 200720 answers, last by butterfly2 18:17 Sat 21st Apr 2007
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scotchollie

Today's proverb

Thanks to all who are contributing to the new 21st Century dictionary of refreshed old proverbs. Today we move onto the following: "One swallow..." Suggestions please..!
12:24 Wed 18th Apr 20079 answers, last by sheamus 20:47 Fri 20th Apr 2007
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Tiny E. A

Standard English

What would you say are characteristics of 'Standard English' and how is standard Enlish maintained? Would you say the characteristics are things like grammatical accuracy and good vocabulary? Surely...
14:31 Wed 18th Apr 20071 answer, last by bricro1 01:57 Fri 20th Apr 2007
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don1

QM you are mustard at this

Please take a look at my poodle question a couple below
09:23 Thu 19th Apr 20074 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:04 Thu 19th Apr 2007
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don1

Poodles

All poodles are dogs but not all dogs are poodles what does this refer to?
04:02 Thu 19th Apr 200711 answers, last by Peter Pedant 20:48 Thu 19th Apr 2007
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willyb1

Phrase question

what does it mean if someone says they are going to hang you on the mantle or hang the mantle on you?
21:35 Wed 18th Apr 20071 answer, last by HWKE 19:15 Thu 19th Apr 2007
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scotchollie

Boring old Proverbs

After much time spend pondering the meaning of old proverbs, I got bored. I think it's time we modernised them. Thus, from today, I'd like to enlist the help of ABers to rewrite them. We'll start...
12:18 Tue 17th Apr 20079 answers, last by crom 14:28 Thu 19th Apr 2007
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Popparip

Sortie

Why do the armed services referr to a flight as a "Sortie"
05:25 Thu 19th Apr 20072 answers, last by dundurn 13:41 Thu 19th Apr 2007
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greenrook

French 'thank you' note

Would some kind Francophone write a short 'thank you' note for me to copy and send to the parents of a Parisienne friend we visited in Paris recently. My wife and I are learning French but are still...
09:53 Wed 18th Apr 20072 answers, last by greenrook 01:51 Thu 19th Apr 2007
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shaund1

Well known sayings

Does anyone know what the following stand for? a) F is F and b) S from the S H S
21:43 Wed 18th Apr 20072 answers, last by scotchollie 00:49 Thu 19th Apr 2007
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DGR

rt 17

16 across is "This cat terrified about spread (7)" I feel sure the answer is "scatter" but, if so, what is the logic? "Cat" yes, but where does the rest come from?
15:48 Wed 18th Apr 20071 answer, last by atoach 16:30 Wed 18th Apr 2007
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scotchollie

Proverbs

I'm working my way through the testing out the proverbs and have reached 'Look after Number One.' Mathematically this seems a bit selfish. Who looks after all the other numbers?
19:13 Mon 16th Apr 20077 answers, last by scotchollie 10:49 Wed 18th Apr 2007
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roadrocket

yorkshire saying - leek geen as a possers 'head

Just having a discussion with friends and we've queried where the saying "Leek geen as a possers y'head" my grandma always used this to describe someone who was a bit forward with the ladies (a bit of...
21:52 Tue 17th Apr 20071 answer, last by Aquagility 09:50 Wed 18th Apr 2007
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puzzie13

Proverb or Saying

Does anyone know what the following proverb/saying is : "F.M.F.A.W.M.E.T.". It is the only one I am stuck with.
22:32 Tue 17th Apr 20071 answer, last by Quizmonster 07:24 Wed 18th Apr 2007
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pendelli

Bindweed

Anyone know a rhyme relating to squeezing the flower pod of bindweed to make the flower pop out? Could be 'granny pop up' or granny pop out of bed' somewhere in the rhyme.
23:04 Mon 16th Apr 20071 answer, last by Breezy23 10:21 Tue 17th Apr 2007
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scotchollie

More proverbs

If necessity is the Mother of Invention, then who is the father? This sort of grammatical illegitimacy sets a bad example to younger ones trying to learn proper English, like what I did.
19:17 Mon 16th Apr 20079 answers, last by netibiza 00:40 Tue 17th Apr 2007

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