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SiberianPrincess’sMidriff
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:01 pm | |
| Redd Foxx who was in the 'meh' American remake of Steptoe and Son, real name was John Sanford, and the remake was called Sanford and Son  _________________ a "couldn't care less, come on life ... amuse me, merchant" |
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The Call of the Wendigo
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:15 am | |
| https://twitter.com/sluts_guts/status/1474193371228946433 _________________  |
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Nightjar
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Fri Dec 24, 2021 10:53 am | |
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Nightjar
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:41 pm | |
| A baby puffin is called a puffling. 
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Butterfield
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Sun Dec 26, 2021 2:21 pm | |
| Passengers are prohibited from carrying Christmas crackers on flights into the United States. |
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Fangirl Three
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Sun Dec 26, 2021 2:36 pm | |
| Indeed they don't have crackers at American Christmas dinner tables.
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Butterfield
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Sun Dec 26, 2021 2:40 pm | |
| Crackers do appear to be one of those things which we think of as standard fare but the rest of the world have no idea what on earth they are or how to "use" them. |
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Butterfield
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:06 pm | |
| On Wikipedia, British bands "are/were" active; an American band "is/was" active.
"The Beatles were a British band..."
"Nirvana was an American band..." |
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Fangirl Three
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:38 am | |
| It's the same with sports teams. The New York Times 'soccer' coverage always has awkward statements like 'Following Saturday's victory, Man City is topping the table'.
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| | Subject: Re: Breaking learning thread Fri Dec 31, 2021 8:48 am | |
| Does that mean the Americans say things like, "The Rolling Stones is Number One"? _________________ |
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