| Re: Gathering Nuts in May - DW fans to be in Pratchett film [message #257541] |
So, 16 April 2006 13:26 |
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Thomas Zahr wrote:
> Fi posted:
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>> Anyway has anyone noticed the beautiful weather we have here.
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> Who is that we whereof you speake? Here [1] it's been gray, gray,
> gray.
Or grey with an 'e' even...
>> Spring has definitely sprung!!!
Over here [2] Autumn has definitely...er...auted?
> [1] Rhineland
[2] Australia.
Geoff
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| Re: Gathering Nuts in May - DW fans to be in Pratchett film [message #257765 ] |
Mo, 17 April 2006 08:58 |
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Geoff Field posted:
> Thomas Zahr wrote:
>> Fi posted:
>>> Anyway has anyone noticed the beautiful weather we have
>>> here.
>> Who is that we whereof you speake? Here [1] it's been
>> gray, gray, gray.
> Or grey with an 'e' even...
I can never remember which, I like the a in gray, presumably because my /knows/ the
German word, wich is grau.
>>> Spring has definitely sprung!!!
> Over here [2] Autumn has definitely...er...auted?
>> [1] Rhineland
> [2] Australia.
/me fondly remembers his time in The Gong
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Thomas =:-)
<Hencefort, the afpfavourite of Graycat :o)>
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| Re: Gathering Nuts in May - DW fans to be in Pratchett film [message #257881 ] |
Mo, 17 April 2006 15:03 |
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On 2006-04-17 01:58:18 -0500, Thomas Zahr <ThomasZahr0604 [at] geekmail.de> said:
> Geoff Field posted:
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>> Thomas Zahr wrote:
>>> Fi posted:
>>> Who is that we whereof you speake? Here [1] it's been
>>> gray, gray, gray.
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>> Or grey with an 'e' even...
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> I can never remember which, I like the a in gray, presumably because my
> /knows/ the
> German word, wich is grau.
Seems to me gray is American, and grey British English. Possibly
because of German influences onto the former.
>>>> Spring has definitely sprung!!!
>
>> Over here [2] Autumn has definitely...er...auted?
Fallen, possibly :)
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