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Simon old boy, don't know if you've noticed but there should be a turn in your inbox.
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I did, I shall get round to it.
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Merriam-Webster "Top 10 Favorite British Words"

1.Prat
2.Twee
3.Knackered
4.Jiggery-pokery
5.Plonk (wine)
6.Chunter
7.Whinge
8.Gormless
9.Boffin
10.Pukka
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There's one word missing from that list.

Two, actually...
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I suspect they're already in general use in the US, although I did surprise some Americans with a few choice words at times.
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Well, they DO tend to be easily surprised...
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Tithe... Her Majesty The Queen will be in town tomorrow (for my birthday)... The weather will be absolutely awful.

The REAL Queen? Or the Danish version? [:'(]
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Merriam-Webster "Top 10 Favorite British Words"

1.Prat
2.Twee
3.Knackered
4.Jiggery-pokery
5.Plonk (wine)
6.Chunter
7.Whinge
8.Gormless
9.Boffin
10.Pukka

#3 gets a lot of use here [:D]
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Good morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]
Mike

"Good times will set you free" - Jimmy Buffett

"They need more rum punch" - Me

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Tithe... Her Majesty The Queen will be in town tomorrow (for my birthday)... The weather will be absolutely awful.

The REAL Queen? Or the Danish version? [:'(]

Don't make me start using the two missing words...
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Hi all,

Good day!


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ORIGINAL: Terminus

There's one word missing from that list.

Two, actually...
Hmmm ... that would be the four letter T-word and the six letter W-word, right? [:)]
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What on earth is Marmite? [&:]

ETA: (Too lazy to google it)

Wikipedia is sometimes better / faster... [;)]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite


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What on earth is Marmite? [&:]

ETA: (Too lazy to google it)

Wikipedia is sometimes better / faster... [;)]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite


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... and reading another two posts ahead is even better ... [;)]

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/fb.asp?m=2822396
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ORIGINAL: Grollub

ORIGINAL: Terminus

There's one word missing from that list.

Two, actually...
Hmmm ... that would be the four letter T-word and the six letter W-word, right? [:)]

It would be the four-letter C-word and the six-letter W-word... You don't need the four-letter T-word when you have the four-letter C-word, you know...
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Ok. [:D]

However, I hereby put in a motion to add 'Twat' to the "missing list".
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Wikipedia is sometimes better / faster...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite

But not as tasty
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Well, are you?

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