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mrsmackers

Arabic translation

Does anybody know how to write the name Victoria in arabic? I lived in Saudi Arabia for a few years when I was younger but never learnt the language, but have come up with the idea of getting my name...
18:31 Tue 26th Apr 200510 answers, last by Loveall0413 10:04 Sun 30th Dec 2012
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jaymo62000

Ouisch

What in the world does the nickname Ouisch given to Ruth Ann Moorehouse (The Manson Family) mean?
06:01 Tue 26th Apr 20054 answers, last by 67piehole 23:43 Thu 28th May 2009
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sunflower68

Urdu

I  am looking for  some basic conversational urdu words (phonetically-written please).  We work with a lovely 15yearold autistic lad who doesn't say much, but what he does speak is in...
23:21 Fri 22nd Apr 20058 answers, last by 2HOT4hijab 05:57 Fri 29th Apr 2005
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bartholomew

Pay one's stamp?

What does this expression mean
11:32 Mon 25th Apr 20052 answers, last by flaming 01:29 Fri 29th Apr 2005
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ALLO

plenty of fish in the sea!

why do men say this to women? and plenty of beer in the cooler. my husband says this to me when we fight. i find it ignorant. besides i'm the only fool that would marry a drunk! anyway.........
15:03 Tue 26th Apr 20053 answers, last by landie 17:53 Wed 27th Apr 2005
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bartholomew

Big Jessy?

I have just heard someone saying to me You big Jessy! what does that mean?
12:08 Tue 26th Apr 20056 answers, last by acw 17:07 Wed 27th Apr 2005
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boodle

please help my homework

wat does standing on the shoulders of a giant mean please help me
19:57 Mon 25th Apr 200510 answers, last by QmunkE 16:16 Wed 27th Apr 2005
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Jaysquared

travel.....?

what is the latin word for travel....or any other words that sound good and mean travel for that matter?
12:20 Tue 26th Apr 200511 answers, last by Glossopswift 11:34 Wed 27th Apr 2005
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julesy

MOS, Sir Lancelot. 7 d

Can anyone complete the saying, Above the -a-t ? Clue is " among the high classes and better than a sailor." Thanks. Julesy.
11:14 Tue 26th Apr 20056 answers, last by jno 09:44 Wed 27th Apr 2005
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bartholomew

does this sentence make sense?

I am poor as a church mouse, but I will give you my food, not that I have much. Any correction appreciated.
18:02 Mon 25th Apr 20054 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:20 Tue 26th Apr 2005
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bartholomew

To chip away at something?

what does this expression mean?
11:32 Tue 26th Apr 20051 answer, last by Quizmonster 11:41 Tue 26th Apr 2005
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willowman

drum and gaff

Why do eastenders (no, not the telly ones) refer to their homes as my gaff.? Is it rhyming slang? I have been asking for years and even people who use the words do not know. Please put me out of my...
09:22 Tue 26th Apr 20051 answer, last by kev100 10:20 Tue 26th Apr 2005
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BMBM

Some days they even get the bear

Some days they even get the bear does anyone know what this means?
17:36 Mon 25th Apr 20051 answer, last by THECORBYLOON 00:22 Tue 26th Apr 2005
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bartholomew

Not that again?

Sorry guys I am a bit thick I still do not get it: Then there's problem that he has never liked any of my friends, not that I have many. I do not get this phrase not that. Could you rephrase the...
16:48 Mon 25th Apr 20056 answers, last by ll_billym 18:54 Mon 25th Apr 2005
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jenstar

On "Schedule"

Is the "shedule" pronuniciation just peculiar to my little patch of the country (Hampshire)? I always thought it was the usual British pronunciation, but everyone on TV says...
09:36 Sat 23rd Apr 20052 answers, last by Octavius 18:04 Mon 25th Apr 2005
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bartholomew

Not that?

He''ll do the rounds, visit al her friends, not that she really had any left. I do not understand this not that bit. it is a bout a woman who ended up with a drunkard, escaped from him. when she was...
11:30 Mon 25th Apr 20052 answers, last by ll_billym 15:43 Mon 25th Apr 2005
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bartholomew

what does the word way mean here?

His only daughter in the family way by some... A father talking about his daughter that got pregnant at the age of 14. What is this way in this sentence?
11:34 Mon 25th Apr 20053 answers, last by woofgang 12:07 Mon 25th Apr 2005
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ABaer

kit gloves

Where did the phrase "kit gloves" come from?
03:23 Mon 25th Apr 20051 answer, last by jno 04:14 Mon 25th Apr 2005
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sipukka

cockney monkey

why is ?500 referred to as a monkey?
12:38 Sat 23rd Apr 20052 answers, last by Quizmonster 13:47 Sat 23rd Apr 2005
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gingerflaps

spagetti western

why is it called 'spagetti' western???
21:27 Fri 22nd Apr 20055 answers, last by In A Pickle 00:49 Sat 23rd Apr 2005

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