Office 2004

[John McGhie]

For Clive:

I: "my wife and I..."

G, d, & r r r r r....

No should state (mu last version-I hope so):
Is there anything on the world you haven't been into?

For LC only:

Since you mentioned it: ;-)

"In": "Is there anything in the world you haven't been into?"

"On": An alternative, but not used very often "Is there anything on this
Earth you haven't been into?"

"English is like Microsoft Word; you can achieve the same end result in many
ways, and with equal frustration when you are learning" -- Clive Huggan

[Actually I just made that up; the similarity had not occurred to me
before.]

This year I am starting to learn Spanish -- just sufficient for my wife and
me to avoid being totally stupid when we go to Spain; and brushing up my
Italian, which is basic; and getting up to speed in French, which I used to
speak well. We hope to be travelling a lot next year. I have too healthy a
respect for Czech to attempt it, though... ;-)

PS: I think there are a few things in the world that John hasn't been into,
but he is too modest to tell me what they are ... ;-))

CH
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[John McGhie]

So now you have to tell us what it means...

And the play on words: Tøi sta tøi a tøicet støíbrných støíkaèek støíkalo
pøes tøi sta tøi a tøicet støíbrných støech ))))))
I had to practice this when I was small in order to pronounce the ø
corectly.

We're only studying things now because we were too silly to do so when we
were your age...

With the exception of the professors in our midst, of course

Cheers

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[CyberTaz]

and *the age* is common
excuse.

Age excuses nothing... It simply explains a great deal ;-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

PS - I _did_ like your site! - even though I didn't understand much

 

[little_creature]

OK, Hello John, CyberTaz, Clive...,It does not have deep meaning it's just a play with words to practice
pronounciation

It means: 333 silver hosepipes hose above 333 silver roofs.
Tøi sta tøi a tøicet = 333 but as far as I can remember it is spelled as
germanism =it Czech the word order is written/read according to german
grammar. We would say *tøi sta tøicet tøi* instead of *tøi sta tøi a tøicet*

We're only studying things now because we were too silly to do so when we
were your age...

I do not believe that

Thank God I'm not Clive a so I do not have to read this puzzle, which
doesn't make any sence to em now:
For Clive:

I: "my wife and I..."

G, d, & r r r r r....


BTW: Today I got email from Gary Wilson so I would like to say Thanks guys.

 

[Clive Huggan]

OK, Hello John, CyberTaz, Clive...,
It does not have deep meaning it's just a play with words to practice
pronounciation

It means: 333 silver hosepipes hose above 333 silver roofs.
Tøi sta tøi a tøicet = 333 but as far as I can remember it is spelled as
germanism =it Czech the word order is written/read according to german
grammar. We would say *tøi sta tøicet tøi* instead of *tøi sta tøi a tøicet*


I do not believe that

Thank God I'm not Clive a so I do not have to read this puzzle, which
doesn't make any sence to em now:
For Clive:

I: "my wife and I..."

G, d, & r r r r r....

Well, it doesn't make sense to me either. John -- a cruel man underneath
that friendly, always patient, caring exterior (although I have previously
seen that cruelty only once -- it was in his look, just seconds before he
devoured a particularly plump, succulent oyster at a very pleasant
restaurant that he takes me to when I visit Sydney) -- is saying that I
should have said "My wife and I" because he considers that to be the subject
of the sentence. But the sentence was "... just sufficient for my wife and
me to avoid being totally stupid when we go to Spain ...". The test is: what
happens if I remove "my wife and"? The answer is "just sufficient for me to
avoid being totally stupid when we go to Spain" -- which is correct, ya boo
McGhie. ;-)))

BTW: Today I got email from Gary Wilson so I would like to say Thanks guys.

Aha!!!! )))))))

And I *will* remember my first Czech sentence: "dám si pivo" will be useful
one day!

CH
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[John McGhie]

Hi Little Creature:

We deny all knowledge of anything you may have heard from a certain Mr
Wilson -- and of course, we could not talk about it publicly even if we had
any knowledge of it. Which since we don't, we won't

Clive: It's clumsy. So it's wrong, whether it's correct or not!! I don't
CARE if the Oxford dictionary agrees with you. Which it... Ummm... Does,
dammit...

Cheers

Well, it doesn't make sense to me either. John -- a cruel man underneath
that friendly, always patient, caring exterior (although I have previously
seen that cruelty only once -- it was in his look, just seconds before he
devoured a particularly plump, succulent oyster at a very pleasant
restaurant that he takes me to when I visit Sydney) -- is saying that I
should have said "My wife and I" because he considers that to be the subject
of the sentence. But the sentence was "... just sufficient for my wife and
me to avoid being totally stupid when we go to Spain ...". The test is: what
happens if I remove "my wife and"? The answer is "just sufficient for me to
avoid being totally stupid when we go to Spain" -- which is correct, ya boo
McGhie. ;-)))
Aha!!!! )))))))

And I *will* remember my first Czech sentence: "dám si pivo" will be useful
one day!

CH
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[CyberTaz]

It does not have deep meaning it's just a play with words to practice
pronounciation

Kinda like:

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...", or

"She sells sea shells down by the seashore".

Here in the good ole U.S. Of A. we call them "Tongue Twisters"

And re:

BTW: Today I got email from Gary Wilson so I would like to say Thanks guys.

I have _no idea_ what this might signify but couldn't be more pleased!!!

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[William Smith]

Kinda like:

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...", or

"She sells sea shells down by the seashore".

Here in the good ole U.S. Of A. we call them "Tongue Twisters"

Ooh, ooh! "Rubber baby buggy bumpers" x 3!

bill

 

[CyberTaz]

Ooh, ooh! "Rubber baby buggy bumpers" x 3!

OK, instigator -

Q: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A: A woodchuck wood chuck as much as he could chuck if a woodchuck could
chuck wood.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[litttle.creature.inc]

OK, instigator -

Q: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A: A woodchuck wood chuck as much as he could chuck if a woodchuck could
chuck wood.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP]Office:Mac

Ok, I see, All you have absolutely no idea, that's exactly what I like
about you most, actually maybe the best is how you all like tease each
other ;-)

I have downloaded all the word plays and will use them in English
lessons, of course I will state who has learned me that.
TX