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Intellectual exercize..
Wait a minute! Did Australia change it's name?
Eri
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9/12/2007 12:00:03 AM
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El Secreto llega a Miami
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ER
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9/9/2007 11:02:14 PM
Did you see the Spanish language presidential debate?
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TB
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9/10/2007 1:51:40 AM
re: Did you see the Spanish language presidential debate?
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ER
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9/10/2007 3:06:21 AM
re: Did you see the Spanish language presidential debate?
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Marcia
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9/11/2007 1:18:42 AM
Liberal towards Castro
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azstrummer
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9/12/2007 6:56:52 PM
Ese es Comunista.
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ER
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9/12/2007 7:24:48 PM
The Democrats are very smart to court the Hispanic vote
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z
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9/10/2007 3:58:45 AM
Guess that's why they're not trying to secure the border.
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Lee
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9/10/2007 10:45:23 AM
Who are the americans?
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Raoul
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9/10/2007 9:36:52 AM
Heh.
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TB
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9/10/2007 3:23:44 PM
I'm indeed an Belgian but to be an american sounds like to be a european
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Raoul
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9/10/2007 5:38:27 PM
re: I'm indeed an Belgian but to be an american sounds like to be a european
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Marcia
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9/11/2007 1:29:42 AM
Intellectual exercize..
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Raoul
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9/11/2007 8:26:44 AM
Wait a minute! Did Australia change it's name?
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Eri
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9/12/2007 12:00:03 AM
re: That's OCEANIA....
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Raoul
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9/12/2007 6:01:22 PM
Dont do it Eri! Now you'll bring Nick down on you like a bunch of bricks!
(n/t)
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SDAI-Tech1
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9/12/2007 3:59:16 AM
US Americans?
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Lee
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9/10/2007 8:50:59 PM
You're right but you're wrong.
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Eri
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9/10/2007 7:53:50 PM
Technically, you're correct, but it's a matter of common usage.
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TB
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9/10/2007 6:33:16 PM
Well. I got told one time
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Jody
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9/11/2007 2:34:22 AM
It probably varies from country to country.
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ER
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9/11/2007 3:52:10 PM
maybe you heard it incorrectly
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canuck
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9/11/2007 5:46:14 PM
You're probably better off
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Eri
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9/12/2007 12:06:42 AM
Ouch! Touchy, Touchy...
(n/t)
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ER
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9/11/2007 8:48:32 PM
I'm not, myself
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canuck
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9/12/2007 3:51:19 AM
It's all aboot Second City, eh?
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ER
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9/12/2007 1:10:26 PM
in the interim
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canuck
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9/12/2007 8:41:53 PM
this calls for a longer response
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canuck
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9/12/2007 5:29:58 PM
Speaking of responses...bear with me on this one.
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ER
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9/12/2007 6:27:54 PM
re: Technically, you're correct, but it's a matter of common usage.
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Marcia
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9/11/2007 1:32:32 AM
Como se dice "gringo" en espanol?
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ER
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9/10/2007 11:01:19 AM
re: Como se dice "gringo" en espanol?
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Eri
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9/10/2007 8:00:10 PM
re: Como se dice "gringo" en espanol?
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ER
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9/10/2007 8:26:25 PM
There seem to be many theories on "gringo."
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TB
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9/10/2007 8:54:58 PM
Aya...green-go...yellow-go faster
(n/t)
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Jody
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9/11/2007 9:33:21 PM
Yankee= Jan Kees (dutch)...?
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Raoul
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9/10/2007 8:39:30 PM
From the OED
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Fox
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9/11/2007 1:20:13 AM
I think you're generalizing way too much!
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Eri
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9/10/2007 3:30:57 AM
Sure, but politics is all about generalizations.
(n/t)
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ER
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9/10/2007 11:02:51 AM
That's only true in general.
(n/t)
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Eri
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9/10/2007 7:36:26 PM
What do you mean, specifically?
(n/t)
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ER
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9/10/2007 11:22:40 PM
Specifically, it means I'm a General and you're not
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Eri
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9/12/2007 12:09:13 AM
No, you got it right the first time.
(n/t)
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ER
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9/12/2007 2:15:55 AM
Good gravy, does that mean I'll get salutes?
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Eri
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9/13/2007 2:48:15 AM
Generally.
(n/t)
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Jody
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9/13/2007 4:48:00 AM
Privately.
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ER
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9/13/2007 12:46:31 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.