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Post by voice on Jan 29, 2023 15:53:03 GMT
guilty of that one
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Post by mids on Feb 14, 2023 13:54:41 GMT
"the last taboo"
How many last ones are there? Must be dozens.
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Post by ootlg on Feb 14, 2023 14:05:59 GMT
Well once one's been fulfilled another will have to take its place I suppose.
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Post by Psalms on Feb 14, 2023 17:09:16 GMT
"the last taboo" How many last ones are there? Must be dozens. A Taboo, when you get down to it, is simply someone with a particular restrictive belief trying to get you to believe as they do |
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 14, 2023 17:13:48 GMT
Nice try Psalms, nice try.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 18, 2023 10:38:33 GMT
Substantive. I've recently used that word and it made me queasy.
Ootlg has supplied the better word: "essential". As in "the essence of the argument".
Much better.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 18, 2023 10:39:58 GMT
Double down. It's lost its original connotation of jeopardy.
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Post by mids on Feb 18, 2023 10:45:29 GMT
"You are a substantive cunt"
"You are an essential cunt"
Hmmmm.
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Post by mids on Feb 18, 2023 10:46:09 GMT
"You are the essence of a cunt".
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 18, 2023 10:48:47 GMT
"You are, essentially, a cunt."
"The essential point is that you're a cunt."
Granted, it's a bit wordy. Maybe "You're a massive cunt".
Or, the stripped-down, racing version: "Cunt".
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 18, 2023 10:49:20 GMT
"You are the essence of a c unt". Ewww .... tuna can drainings. |
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Post by ootlg on Feb 18, 2023 15:44:29 GMT
1st cat: "I'm pregnant."
2nd cat: "How wonderful. Who's the father?"
1st cat: "Don't know. I had my head in a tuna can at the time."
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Post by voice on Feb 18, 2023 18:17:16 GMT
I'm sure this has been said earlier, but our manager here must use 'going forward' at almost every team meeting, gets on my tits.
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Post by mids on Feb 18, 2023 18:44:07 GMT
My boss frequently says, "we'll see what floats to de top" in a French Canadian accent. Also "we'll run it up the pole and see 'oo salutes". I can only imagine she started saying that last one as a joke and it got stuck as a habit.
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Post by mids on Feb 18, 2023 18:45:05 GMT
Just to be clear, she says everything in a French Canadian accent, not just those two things.
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Post by voice on Feb 18, 2023 18:46:52 GMT
glad you clarified that, thought it was a weird affectation or something
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Post by flatandy on Feb 18, 2023 21:39:20 GMT
I'm disappointed. I love the idea of Mids's boss having some West Country yokel accent (or East Anglia yokel or Oxfordshire yokel, I'm not picky on which yokel) but occasionally - and only for specific terrible phrases - breaking into French Canadian.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 18, 2023 22:34:14 GMT
Maybe we could all use a Quebcois accent when we're singing the Banana Boat Song or the Camptown Races.
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Post by Psalms on Feb 19, 2023 1:22:14 GMT
Nice try Psalms, nice try. True, innit . . |
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Post by ootlg on Feb 19, 2023 8:32:04 GMT
I'm disappointed. I love the idea of Mids's boss having some West Country yokel accent (or East Anglia yokel or Oxfordshire yokel, I'm not picky on which yokel) but occasionally - and only for specific terrible phrases - breaking into French Canadian. And if she nipped out and came dancing back through the door in her Al Jolson gear. |
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