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guess what we're saying about you

Over here there's a saying - you do hear it so often that it's almost a coined phrase - about the Britons: (xxx) - nobody's better at that than the English! ...and I'm wondering if you can guess what...
22:24 Sat 17th Jun 200614 answers, last by aidantraffor 10:26 Fri 23rd Jun 2006
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twilight at dawn

Is there any one word that equals twilight but refers to the early light of dawn (before sunrise), not dusk? According to my dictionary 'twilight' can be used in this sense, but in real life (also...
21:42 Sat 03rd Jun 20066 answers, last by DaSwede 19:17 Wed 07th Jun 2006
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describe a voice

This is a question that might fit into several AB categories. I chose Phrases&Sayings to begin with, but, for those of you who do a lot of reading et cetera: Are you in the mood for some creative...
16:31 Wed 31st May 20064 answers, last by DaSwede 18:23 Fri 02nd Jun 2006
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oscar wilde's voice

Recently somebody posted a question in another section about who has the loveliest voice. It reminded me of something I once read about Oscar Wilde. One of his contemporaries had said his voice was...
19:37 Mon 29th May 20068 answers, last by DaSwede 18:04 Fri 05th Jan 2007
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yahoo expiration

I have a Yahoo e-mail address (the free version) and also a free Yahoo photo map at the same address, same ID. The photo map I don't use so often, the e-mail I do. My question is, is there any risk of...
22:03 Fri 26th May 2006
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word for story with an oliver-twist

What would be the proper word to use for a woman in charge of an orphanage in the nineteenth century? Matron, proprietress - or what? Thanks! I may not be on the computer for a couple of days, but...
22:38 Thu 25th May 20063 answers, last by DaSwede 21:52 Fri 26th May 2006
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don't feed the trolls

This is not a question, it's a Wikipedia item that might interest you if you've been wondering what some ABers are asking - if anything...
22:17 Thu 25th May 20065 answers, last by jamwan55 00:53 Fri 26th May 2006
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unexpected pleasures

There are many culinary joys to be had, but some of them are so unexpected that you almost fall off your chair. My question for you is, what's the 'goddest' thing you've had, with ingredients that you...
19:37 Fri 05th May 20064 answers, last by BBWCHATT 04:14 Fri 23rd Jun 2006
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text disappearing when you submit

Sometimes when I submit a question or an answer here on the AB my text disappears the very instant I hit the submit-button. I'm sure it's happened to most of you at one time or another. For a while...
19:31 Mon 01st May 20062 answers, last by DaSwede 21:23 Tue 02nd May 2006
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how rigid is your brain

The following is an illuminating example of my brain rigidity, now show me yours. Many moons ago I saw a couple walking towards me on the sidewalk.They were holding hands. First I saw the guy. He was...
19:09 Wed 26th Apr 20064 answers, last by DaSwede 20:51 Fri 28th Apr 2006
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vanishing man

Quite a few years ago I bought a postcard that I think must have been a reproduction of a painting. It was divided into four sections (two above two), rather like a comic strip, but the style wasn't...
21:41 Sat 15th Apr 20065 answers, last by Trillipse 09:53 Fri 09th Jan 2009
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rolled any cheese lately?

Last year I read a short piece on the Annual Cheese Rolling Contest in Gloucester in a Swedish newspaper. At first I thought it was just an April fool's joke, but there's so much about it on the...
21:13 Mon 10th Apr 20067 answers, last by DaSwede 19:51 Tue 11th Apr 2006
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christening gifts

Seen any good christening gifts while out shopping lately? If so, please answer my question in the parenting section!
19:15 Tue 04th Apr 2006
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christening gift

What's the nicest christening gift you've received for yourself or your child, or you yourself given or heard of? My sister is running out of time to find one for a baby boy. I'll say thankyou on her...
18:23 Tue 04th Apr 200618 answers, last by DaSwede 18:19 Fri 05th Jan 2007
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I see England, I see France

Last week I saw an old episode of Moonlighting. the name of the episode was I see England, I see France, I see Maddie's netherworld. It immediately struck me as probably being a paraphrase, so I...
19:05 Thu 23rd Mar 2006517 answers, last by Jude123 13:00 Fri 22nd Feb 2008
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ambulance reversed

Why is the word AMBULANCE reversed on well on ambulances? At first I thought the idea was that they be identifiable from helicopters, but that's not right either, when you think about the way the...
18:44 Thu 23rd Mar 20069 answers, last by PhilBy 01:35 Mon 27th Mar 2006
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your favourite nursery rhyme, please

What is your favourite nursery rhyme? I do know how to google, so what I'm asking for is not nursery rhymes in general, I'm asking for your personal favourite(s), the one(s) that stayed with you over...
20:54 Tue 14th Mar 200614 answers, last by DaSwede 20:53 Mon 08th May 2006
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blasphemous?

Trying to 'hear' the nuances of the phrase 'sired by.' I know what it means in Swedish, what I'm asking for here is your gut reaction to a sentence like for instance The delicate little bird, sired by...
18:51 Sat 11th Mar 200616 answers, last by spacechimp 21:00 Sun 12th Mar 2006
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the tree died at 4 pm...

Alright folks, I know I'm going to get seriously mocked on this one, but I'll ask anyway. When a human being dies, or an animal, it's possible to call the time of death. Would it also be possible,...
20:14 Tue 07th Mar 200612 answers, last by DaSwede 20:21 Tue 14th Mar 2006
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in twain

I'm confused about the expression 'in twain'. I always thought it meant 'asunder', in two pieces. But recently I've read it in context several times where the writer seems to mean something like 'as a...
21:07 Tue 21st Feb 20064 answers, last by DaSwede 18:21 Thu 02nd Mar 2006

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