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I've been listening to it in my bedroom whilst doing the ironing. It's so quiet on this board
The DAB Combined Radio/Ironing Board (Pats Pending). When the BBC attempt to flog DAB technology plunged into its final terminal phase, attempts were made to increase the popularity of DAB with "combined utility" devices. The most legendary (as mentioned in Groan's Dictionary) was the DAB Ironing Board Radio Receiver, enabling you to listen to Radio 3 whilst pressing your smalls. Many users complained that the volume given-out by the boards tiny loudspeakers (located in the telescopic legs) was inadequate for normal listening, and the device was eventually removed from sale by BBC Marketing. |
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I havnmt had so much time lately for the proms this year. having to catch up on iplayer  (mobile texting abbrev.), A phrase coined by those addicted to recalcitrant iPlayers who find that they are consequently left with no time for other musical pursuits. Literal meaning = "have no more time". |
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Well, she's young yet and the 4am reveille is an acquired bit of wherewithal. But sure, changing standards and all that. Your old school R3 announcers were evidently trained act-ors so were used to enounciating in all weathers and personal states. Now, the newbies are tame parish pump celebs elect. But I sense she's getting her feet under the desk in putting her stamp on the thing.
enounciate ( v.) To mispronounce common nouns, as for example saying "celloist" instead of "cellist", as frequently heard in the offerings of BBC Radio 3 announcers. |
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James: arrant w***ker.
Arrant - adj. sarcastic term for hiding behind the curtain or arras. Used to describe someone so full of themselves that would be the last thing they would do. w***ker - n. 1. unmentionable chin hair 2. a person with w***ker, especially a beardo weirdo. 3. an extra long onanist Tommo |
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I am trying to explain why I can sometimes put wrong vowl.
a. because I have bad memory
b. because they spell the same words differently (it doesn't happens often)
c. because Russians like English don't say words the same way they write them.
vowl v. The act, whether in error or by design, of habitually mistaking, misplacing or omitting vowels when writing words. |
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« Reply #816 on: 20:42:43, 20-08-2008 » |
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VOWL - A vampire screaming in pain
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Best regards,
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« Reply #817 on: 21:30:20, 21-08-2008 » |
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OK, so Glasgow isn't Paris, but it's a very handsome city with a great location and the whackiest folk in Britain...
the whackiest folk in Britain: (1) the people in this nation most likely to strike you upside the head (2) the people in this nation who most frequently, er, um, maybe I'd better leave this one to Tommo... |
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OK, so Glasgow isn't Paris, but it's a very handsome city with a great location and the whackiest folk in Britain...
the whackiest folk in Britain: (1) the people in this nation most likely to strike you upside the head (2) the people in this nation who most frequently, er, um, maybe I'd better leave this one to Tommo...Tommo |
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« Reply #819 on: 07:44:55, 22-08-2008 » |
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So squelch could be a new lamguage then!!!  The extent to which someone is judged innocent. |
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« Reply #820 on: 07:53:53, 22-08-2008 » |
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This turns out to be a very useful thread.
A. I found out that Glasgow isn't Paris. For some reason I always thought that they were one and the same town.
B. There are some new words and new idioms to learn. For example: the people in this nation most likely to strike you upside the head.
I must find out what this is.
P.S. By the way I am half up. (I mean half awake) already. It makes thinking difficult. Must come to this thread again. A lot to learn.
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« Reply #821 on: 09:44:51, 22-08-2008 » |
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This turns out to be a very useful thread.
A. I found out that Glasgow isn't Paris. For some reason I always thought that they were one and the same town.
But they are the same t-p. Here is a lovely shot of the Eiffel Tower next to the Pompidou Centre...  B az |
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« Reply #823 on: 10:05:29, 22-08-2008 » |
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Can anyone explain to me how the people in this nation most likely to strike you upside the head?
Do they strike you out of the blue or there should be a reason for that?
A. Am I stay where I am now and never ever go anywhere (Paris/Glasgow, Moscow or any other place)?
B. If I must go there I should stay in my hotel room?
C. Venture out cautiously with an army of bodyguards?
Are there any other options?
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« Reply #824 on: 10:17:25, 22-08-2008 » |
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t-p, Strina seems to have decided that the American term 'w(h)acky' (amusing in an odd-ball manner - both spellings acceptable) needs redefining (not sure why, since she's from the USA herself). It seems that she's using the other sense of 'whack' (to hit), to suggest that the city has something of a reputation for violence, which admittedly it does, though hardly on the scale associated with certain cities elsewhere....  |
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