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From: T Wake on 5 Nov 2006 12:04 <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:T0b3h.5018$B31.4308(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... > > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message > news:u7OdnQ8GMau5UdHYRVnyhA(a)pipex.net... >> >> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> news:eii3bf$8nc_006(a)s792.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> >>> OK. The US' term is copayment. >> >> It is an interesting choice of words the US has coined. > > It's now entered the lexicon, so people parrot it without question. > However, it has long smacked of 1984-esque doublespeak to me. Sadly, the western world is full of doublespeak which seems to get past people without as much as a blink of the eyes.
From: unsettled on 5 Nov 2006 12:06 Eeyore wrote: > > unsettled wrote: > > >>Eeyore wrote: >> >>>unsettled wrote: >>> >>>>Eeyore wrote: >> >>>>>T Wake posted that his local Tesco has it [buttermilk] btw. >>> >>> >>>Tesco is a very popular UK supermarket chain btw. >> >>Been there, no buttermilk in the three I visited. > > > http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061028151602AAlA1dL > Where can I get buttermilk in the uk? > > 14 answers > > Clearly not much demand here but all the larger supermarkets should have it. Clearly you missed the fact this was an example of a larger unavailability scenario.
From: Eeyore on 5 Nov 2006 12:11 unsettled wrote: > T Wake wrote: > > > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > Selective editing of posts by both of you as > a "debating tactic" invalidates your output. I trim the stuff that's ages old and needs no further repeating and /or stuff I'm not replying to. Both are simply clutter. This is recommended practice for usenet. I always retain the important contextual stuff where relevant. Graham
From: T Wake on 5 Nov 2006 12:13 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:454E0D2B.6B6007D0(a)hotmail.com... > > > unsettled wrote: > >> Eeyore wrote: >> > unsettled wrote: >> >>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: >> >>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >>>>Unsettled wrote >> >>> >> >>>>>I never was able to find buttermilk in any shop or >> >>>>>"supermarket." >> >>>> >> >>>>Probably because there's little demand for it. >> >>> >> >>>It's one of those regional cuisine things. >> >> >> >>It is a beverage many people like to drink. >> > >> > >> > Not here. >> >> Just where is "here"? Do you live in goat milk country, >> or perhaps camel milk country? > > United Kingdom. > > >> > T Wake posted that his local Tesco has it btw. > > Tesco is a very popular UK supermarket chain btw. IIRC at the last count, 1 in every 8 pounds spent in shops in the UK is spent in a Tescos. I wish I owned the company.
From: T Wake on 5 Nov 2006 12:14
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:454E1039.3AF9660B(a)hotmail.com... > > > T Wake wrote: > >> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> > What?! No Mexican food? >> >> Oddly, Mexican (and Mexican restaurants) are common enough in the UK that >> most people tend to ignore them as an "ethnic" dish - a bit like the way >> Curries are pretty much British food now. > > You know, I've never come across one myself ! You should try them. Not all the food is mouthblisteringly hot. :-) Get a few Old El Paso dinner kits nd make your own ... :-) >> (I've never found one in India >> like the ones British people think are "Indian" food...). > > I have, in the more upmarket restaurants, hotels in Mumbai. Obviously used to catering for British people :-) |