Andy in Germany
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Better still, give me a 50 pound note and I'll try, so your microwave doesn't get broken
Microwave? Of course I've got a microwave... honest...
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Better still, give me a 50 pound note and I'll try, so your microwave doesn't get broken
Microwave? Of course I've got a microwave... honest...
Seevio
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Contrary to popular belief it is possible to overdose on homeopathic medicine. Symptoms include cloudy thinking, nausea and vomiting, muscle weakness, spasms or cramps and headaches. In severe cases symptoms could include mental confusion, seizures, unconsciousness and even coma. Apparently there have even been a few recorded deaths.
newfhouse
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Surely that should be 'underdose' given that efficacy is claimed to increase with dilution.
Seevio
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I only said it once...
While I'm not sure that this is technically a citation, there are a whole bunch of links at the bottom that are.
Andy in Germany
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I was reminded about this today and it surprised me yet again:
Japanese is completely unrelated to Chinese, but Japanese use Chinese pictogram based characters to write in Japanese. The pronunciation of Chinese characters in Japanese is often different so while Japanese can read a lot of Chinese, the sounds attributed to the same pictograms in Japanese are different, so Japanese can't 'Speak' Chinese. In fact, a Japanese speaker person reading Chinese pictograms in Japanese will sound like gibberish to Chinese speakers,
Japanese and Korean is closer to Turkish than other Asian languages and some words are similar, but the Korean alphabet is completely different and thus illegible to both Japanese and Chinese.
Meanwhile the origin of the language of the Ainu people in Hokkaido, the northernmost Island of Japan, is a complete mystery.
Japanese is completely unrelated to Chinese, but Japanese use Chinese pictogram based characters to write in Japanese. The pronunciation of Chinese characters in Japanese is often different so while Japanese can read a lot of Chinese, the sounds attributed to the same pictograms in Japanese are different, so Japanese can't 'Speak' Chinese. In fact, a Japanese speaker person reading Chinese pictograms in Japanese will sound like gibberish to Chinese speakers,
Japanese and Korean is closer to Turkish than other Asian languages and some words are similar, but the Korean alphabet is completely different and thus illegible to both Japanese and Chinese.
Meanwhile the origin of the language of the Ainu people in Hokkaido, the northernmost Island of Japan, is a complete mystery.
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matticus
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Seevio's link - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication - is nothing to do with medicine, homeopathic or otherwise.
Perhaps he's attempting some humour? I have no idea!
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Only humans have a uvula
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Not every one has two pinkie toe joints. About 44% of people only have 1 joint on their pinkie toe.
(how many are about to check?)
(how many are about to check?)
T4tomo
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are you still in primary school?
But.
Just suppose there is a breed of dragons that are named 'Great Dragons' (as in Great Tit) if they come in a variety of colours and the one you are referring to is a green one it would be a green Great Dragon. I know your example didn't have capitals but using the spoken word it works.
(I'm just being argumentative)
Speaking of The English Language and it's peculiarities. Try reading
I would post it but it's long.
Gerard Nolst Trenité - The Chaos (1922)
This is a classic English poem containing about 800 of the worst irregularities in English spelling and pronunciation. It's no surprise that the author is Dutch.I would post it but it's long.
Drive east on Canusa Street and you’re in the United States, drive west and you’re in Canada. That’s because the street, part of Quebec Route 247, runs along the border — the yellow line dividing its lanes follows the 45th parallel.
Families who live on the south side are in Vermont, and those in the north are in Quebec — they can see one another but must present themselves at a border post before crossing the street.
But residents of both countries can freely visit the Haskell Free Library — where the main entrance is in America but the books are in Canada.
Families who live on the south side are in Vermont, and those in the north are in Quebec — they can see one another but must present themselves at a border post before crossing the street.
But residents of both countries can freely visit the Haskell Free Library — where the main entrance is in America but the books are in Canada.
classic33
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Colly is in County Kerry, Ireland.
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Andy in Germany
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The Duke of Edinburgh was apparently a great enthusiast of mythical creatures and UFO's et c.
During the Cuban missile crisis when the UK's military scientists were rushing about trying to analyse the threat posed by soviet missiles in Cuba, he was writing to them to stop worrying about such silly things and instead use their taxpayer funded resources to find the Loch Ness Monster.
During the Cuban missile crisis when the UK's military scientists were rushing about trying to analyse the threat posed by soviet missiles in Cuba, he was writing to them to stop worrying about such silly things and instead use their taxpayer funded resources to find the Loch Ness Monster.
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