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From: Phineas T Puddleduck on 26 Nov 2006 09:00 In article <45699AF6.88A449AD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Phineas T Puddleduck wrote: > > > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > > > Actually, what I *really* wanna know is, who decided that it was a good > > > idea > > > to make "w" a vowel. > > > > > > Eric Lucas > > > > w is pronounced 00 hence > > > > Cwm ----- coooomb > > > > And with a y together you get > > > > Hwyl - hooyl > > Is that much different from Hywel ? > > Graham Yep - Hooyl - Hwyl Howell - Hywel ;-) Incidently there are always some words in a language that escapes translation. In Wales we have "Hiraeth" (here - eith) which is homesickness, a a melancholy longing for home whilst in unfamilar surroundings. Its a tragic feeling.. -- Just \int_0^\infty du it! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: Phineas T Puddleduck on 26 Nov 2006 09:00 In article <dn6jm291tn1ukovf3p8c80a98a9lgao867(a)4ax.com>, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:29:17 +0000, Phineas T Puddleduck > <phineaspuddleduck(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > >In article <FOCdnQH6YZ2HQvXYRVnyrQ(a)pipex.net>, > > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Well, not so much idiot but total lack of _any_ grasp of History. It has > >> been a fair while since our monarch had "absolute power." > > > >If one of course wanted to be totally picky and vindictive, you could > >point out it was not that much further after the US was founded. > > > > --- > Yes, you took the hint... ;) Ah well, someone had too ;-) -- Just \int_0^\infty du it! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: T Wake on 26 Nov 2006 09:08 "neo" <MATREEX(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1164523287.349785.144920(a)j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:4568EDE9.72E1B5ED(a)hotmail.com... >> > >> > >> > krw wrote: >> > >> >> Health care is not in the COnstitution as a federal power >> > >> > Are you always going to let a historical document rule your lives as if >> > nothing >> > had changed ? >> >> In any case, he's simply wrong. Article V can easily be interpreted to >> include health care, if one isn't prejudiced to preclude it in the first >> place. > > 93 authors, 10334 replies. I would have been happy if such long > discussion had taken place on topic like 'what was before big bang'. Sorry, I didnt realise you were forced to read this thread. > Jihad don't need scientists. > > This thread is closed. Really, thanks for letting me know.
From: John Fields on 26 Nov 2006 09:10 On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:34:45 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >unsettled wrote: > >> Phineas T Puddleduck wrote: >> > krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> > >> >>What's the matter? You have to stoop to snip-forging? You are >> >>areal piece of work. I think that's enough of you! >> > >> > >> > Thats pretty rich coming from a poster who has to try hard to be >> > noticeable, let alone interesting. It seems the quality of political >> > debate in the UK is far more mature as we grew out of calling people >> > "leftist" or "rightist" as insults quite a while ago. >> >> Yes indeed, and grew cruder in the process. > >The USA has taken crudity to an entirely new level. --- Yes, now we even _talk_ to Brits. -- JF
From: Eeyore on 26 Nov 2006 09:11
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > When they talk about capitalism, it isn't our definition and > we get in fights. What seems even odder, Europeans call > the thingie we call socialism, capitalism. I haven't explored > this further. So add a grain of salt. There is no such confusion other than in your interpretation of the meanings of the word. There is no socialist party in the USA btw. Graham |