We're having another slow and confused day up at yahoo, aren't we - this was my first reply to Dylan and it only showed up now... Anyway, thanks to all who...
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Terminus Technicus
czechlist@...
Oct 1, 2004 1:23 pm
Seeing that I stirred up a nice long debate on a Friday, another one that keeps popping up (Yahoo permitting)... when someone says something 'pa'li'', as in...
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raesim
Oct 1, 2004 1:33 pm
... 'Crunching' is fine as an expressive description, but it's not AFAIK the standard term here. If repeated throughout the text, it would draw too much...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 1, 2004 3:00 pm
... Jeez, man! Don't put me through all that debate if you've already made up your mind to go against your client's use of American English. Seems like an odd...
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Helga E. Humlova
helguska1961
Oct 1, 2004 3:25 pm
Ahoj vsichny, Kostaz nedavno zde na C-listu navrhoval "instalaci" neceho jako Stammtisch a jako interval si pral 1 tydne. Jak jsme se par z nas sesli v utery...
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Terminus Technicus
czechlist@...
Oct 2, 2004 5:23 am
... Thanks for another view on the matter... fair enough, but what about hard things (sweets/candy) - like Halls - when somebody stops "cucat" them and ...
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Terminus Technicus
czechlist@...
Oct 2, 2004 5:28 am
Here we go again... I think I said client seems to use candy or something like that, sorry to confuse you, the report's only in Czech, but Tic Tac and candy...
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ing.S€ ˘Ăˇrka Rubkov€...
srubkova
Oct 2, 2004 9:14 am
Hi Judy, my daughter sometimes earns her moneys by transcripting the tapes in English to paper. She gets from 140 to 200 Kc/page. sarka ... From: jsyeaton...
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raesim
Oct 2, 2004 9:50 am
... I think 'chew' covers the whole masticatory spectrum. Simon...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 2, 2004 10:16 am
... Crunch is too slangy here for any type of business report. Besides, you can crunch something without it being in your mouth. You can crunch something up...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 2, 2004 10:18 am
... I really want to know what this means. Don't deal with me like the people from Wixom, okay? Jamie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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jsyeaton
Oct 2, 2004 10:43 am
Thanks, Sarka - you always have advice that's right to the point. I want to be fair, but not extravagent. I'm not your usual rich American (or corporation),...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 2, 2004 10:56 am
... This is a startling revelation. At the hotelovka, I kept telling the other teachers that a menu should say "desserts"; and not "sweets", but they insisted...
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Simon Vollam
vollams
Oct 2, 2004 11:21 am
... time? I don't know the social history of the word, but it does sound a bit old-fashioned these days. There may also be regional differences. When I was...
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Iveta Pecinkova - pre...
preklady@...
Oct 2, 2004 12:52 pm
PrázdnéHezke odpoledne, dokaze mi nekdo poradit nejaky ekvivalent vyse uvedeneho ("neni pouze kontrolnim organem tretich stran, ale jakou jejich...
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ing.S€ ˘Ăˇrka Rubkov€...
srubkova
Oct 2, 2004 1:48 pm
I believe that to crunch can be translated as chroupat nebo chr^oupat nebo i kr^oupat. sarka ... From: Terminus Technicus [mailto:czechlist@...] Sent:...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 2, 2004 6:09 pm
... Did "pudding" mean dessert, or actual pudding? Would someone say he was going to order pudding and then order cake? And what do you call the dessert that...
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melvyn.geo
Oct 2, 2004 9:07 pm
... Right. ... To be pedantic, I wouldn't count mint cos mint is a herb. The kind of mints that blow your socks off are often referred to as 'strong' and...
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Jaroslav Suchánek
jardasuchanek
Oct 3, 2004 6:47 am
Nazdarek, jak jsem navrhoval "U Turka", jsem pro kazde prvni pondeli v mesici, to se dobre pamatuje. Hospody v centru prilis neznam, ale dobrou zkusenost z...
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melvyn.geo
Oct 3, 2004 8:44 am
... But I don't think that those who have had one Trebor mint too many will necessarily refer in particular to their tongues. Perhaps we talk more often of the...
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ing.Sárka Rubková
srubkova
Oct 3, 2004 10:18 am
Kazde 1. pondeli v mesici mam schuze sportovniho klubu, kde bafunarim, atam musim chodit, neslo by to kazde prvni utery Sarka ... From: Jaroslav Suchánek...
Co takhle nastroj? sarka ... From: Iveta Pecinkova - preklady a tlumoceni [mailto:preklady@...] Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:53 PM To:...
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 3, 2004 11:56 am
... I agree. And I don't even think people would talk about the oral cavity or taste buds. Anything that did would sound translated. A hot mint is just hot...
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Martin Janda
j_mart22
Oct 3, 2004 12:02 pm
Jaxem rikal, co se mne tyce, kdykoli krome stredy - a nedoporucuji patek. Co se hospody tyce, nemam favorita - muzu do Felice, ta cina v Adrii taky nebyla zla....
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James Kirchner
kirchnerjk
Oct 3, 2004 12:12 pm
... And would someone British please explain this to me? I actually want to know. "East Ender" obviously refers to people who live in a certain geographic...
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andeds@...
Oct 3, 2004 12:33 pm
In a message dated 10/2/04 7:09:35 PM GMT Daylight Time, jpklists@... writes: << Did "pudding" mean dessert, or actual pudding? Would someone say he...
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melvyn.geo
Oct 3, 2004 4:28 pm
... In the inner city area of Manchester where I was brought up, we would call it pudding, whether it was cake, sago (AKA frog spawn), rice pudding, prunes and...
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andeds@...
Oct 3, 2004 5:20 pm
In a message dated 10/3/04 1:13:51 PM GMT Daylight Time, jpklists@... writes: << "East Enders" approach (well, maybe not EE, but working class) >> I...
Sorry Jamie, I wasn't trying to ignore you, just took the weekend off and changed into my bricklaying mode... Dylan's already explained the socio-geographical...
