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| 4 MAY 2005 at 2:11pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Yes, it must be "enculer", we were told it meant "go and... interfere with a chicken"
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 2:23pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Perhaps I should just call England Alba then, or we should set up our very own Arthurian story.
I used the name Albion to echo Anne's talk of the Hundred Years War (and assorted things): "perfidious Albion", as Napoleon dubbed you, has a very nice ring to it. That, and Albion is the name of a lovely computer game, mixing adventure, a bit of action, and a bit of RPG.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 2:27pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | I've just realised who you remind me of!
That Syrian boy in Broken Sword I who learnt English from "Jeeves and Wooster" books on tape, which gave him a rather flowery vocabulary...
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 2:31pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Joined: 2 SEP 2004
Status : Online | Let me play that game, and I will let you know what I think of it... of your comment that is. If I am not pleased... well, I know where you live in, so it should be easy to track your down. If I am pleased, I won't mention it, of course.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 2:37pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | No, he's a very nice boy; he just talks like a Victorian novel--like you do.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 2:48pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Joined: 2 SEP 2004
Status : Online | We have already established that American is actually 16th century English, so Victorian English is fairly modern. My French has also been described as being straight from the 18th century, so Victorian times aren't that bad.
Now all I need to do is figure out who is Victoria on those boards, and find some clothes appropriate for the period. I will also have to remove silly words like "telly", "car", "Internet", or even "mails" and "adventure games" from my vocabulary... Public forum of interactive works of fiction, here I come!
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 3:58pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Behave.Merde is very rude,
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 4:30pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | But, miss... Caroline started it!
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 4:38pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Joined: 2 SEP 2004
Status : Online | Head the headteacher Chris, and don't go laying the blame on your friends. Myself, I will freely admit my own mistakes, without seeking a scapegoat.
*Whispers* Pst Anne, Chris is the one who said silly things first... Can I have some sweets? Pretty please?
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 6:19pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Dolly mixtures.
Also known as DMs.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 6:21pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Mmm...
Are boys allowed to like dolly mixtures?
I don't really care if they're not.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:31pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Let me play that game, and I will let you know what I think of it... of your comment that is. If I am not pleased... well, I know where you live in, so it should be easy to track your down. If I am pleased, I won't mention it, of course.
Now, you finally sound like a Frenchman.
PS to properly insult the Canadians, Americans and Australians, perhaps you should simply refer to them as Colonials..... [smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:40pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | ...you mean I shouldn't be doing that?
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 5 MAY 2005 at 6:03pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Why, definitively not: you should refer to them as being "Rebel citizens of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria... erh, Queen Elizabeth II". You might wish to add a few other adjectives: treacherous doesn't sound all too bad, and "most exalted" is a fitting title for the queen. As in all other things, the sky is the limit!
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| 5 MAY 2005 at 6:26pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | That's "Her Majesty Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith" to you
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 5 MAY 2005 at 6:42pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | I pity the poor soul who has to cite all her titles in full in pompous... erh, formal circumstances.
And thanks for reminding me of the "efender of the Faith" part: I had forgotten Henry VIII had retained the title after his... well, not too happy relationship with the popes. The rest of the title is a bit disappointing though: who would take pride in "ruling" over some of the islands mentioned in that list? Tsk, tsk, tsk.
I would be very happy with just the "Queen" part myself... King, I mean.
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| 5 MAY 2005 at 6:46pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Alneyan (5 MAY 2005 6:41pm)
I would be very happy with just the "Queen" part myself... King, I mean.
I believe that's what's known as a Freudian slip.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 5 MAY 2005 at 7:04pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | I am quite fond of Freud's theories actually... though I would much rather apply them to him to begin with. What can you say about Freud by using his own theories? Hmm...
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| 5 MAY 2005 at 11:00pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Location: AU
Status : Offline | ....that he badly needed therapy.
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| 6 MAY 2005 at 9:07am |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | But what therapy? His own? That would be fine with me; let's give him a good taste of his own medicine!
The wonders of timezones that make us speak in turns, half a day after the initial post was made. Your turn Caroline.
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| 6 MAY 2005 at 1:43pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | If you expect me to make intelligent conversation at this time of night, after an entire evening socialising in the pub with my son's class parents..... you're doomed to be sadly disappointed. I'm off to bed....zzzZZZZZZ
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| 6 MAY 2005 at 7:32pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | *Huddles in a corner and cries* I'm afraid "sadly disappointed" was an understatement. :
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| 6 MAY 2005 at 8:00pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | "Socialising"... is that what they call it these days?
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 6 MAY 2005 at 8:17pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | It sure sounds much better than "carousing", "going on a binge", or plain "getting drunk". Carousing has a nice ring to it though... or "drunken revelry" perhaps, or any other similar expression.
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