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Re: Windows is dead. Long live Linux

Just to make it perfectly clear;Microsoft admits Vista failure Actions speak louder than PR By Charlie Demerjian in Beijing: Saturday, 21 April 2007, 12:20 PM ...

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Mike in Japan 91 days ago

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Re: I had a public speaking class today

Come on don't exaggerate the situation of your friends in your eyes. Your instructors will assess you not them. Think like this: good students can be a good audience too so this is an advantage for you. They will listen to you carefully and not bother you or interrupt you while you are...

Foo community and anything-you-like-ness by Doll 91 days ago Jokes
Five year phase-in plan for "EuroEnglish"

The European Commission have just announced an agreement wherebyEnglish will be the official language of the EU, rather than German, whichwas the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty'sgovernment conceded that English spelling had some room for...

Words, Puns, and Jokes by ISU_152 93 days ago Jokes Spelling
Re: Collocating the adjective "complicate".

<No, I got your joke. You missed mine.> I think you missed the thread question; Mr P. Can you reply to it? <<<Which nouns would you say collocate with "complicate" (the adjective)? >>>

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Anonymous 94 days ago Nouns Jokes
Re: No Comment

i was in reply to a friend as a joke sarcastic comment. Nothing offensive, just to use the phrase as intended by the press. I thought there would be a term to describe this type of event where the phrase itself negated the meaning of what you said. (so hard to explain what i mean!)

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 96 days ago Jokes
Re: reading questions

He is being sarcastic. He jokes with the police that they would have trouble stopping if there was nobody to run into.

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Vorpar 97 days ago Jokes
Re: reading questions

.And very freely adapted-- you have made a number of mistakes.The story is a joke, Lynn. The old man's question is sarcastic-- he purportedly wonders if the police driver has any other way of stopping his squad car besides crashing into another car.

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Mister Micawber 97 days ago Numbers Jokes
Re: Propped so much money at these joints?

He's just joking about the amount of money he spent in these pubs.And implies he probably possesses a few of the pubs by now. Which is another joke of course!

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Madhulk 98 days ago Jokes
Re: Straight face...

There is a sexual implication in his saying"I could rub them for you". She knows he has said it in error, and is either deliberately misinterpreting him or is trying to take away the embarrassment by making it a joke.

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Feebs11 98 days ago Jokes
Re: MM's 10-letter word

.pejoration -- No. What happened to pluperfect?Is it ... an adjective? a noun? a verb? -- A nounWould you say it's related to ... grammar? vocabulary? pronunciation?-- Pronunciation.I'm not going to be very coy with this one, because I don't think it's in anyone's active...

Puzzles, Riddles, and Word ESL Games by Mister Micawber 99 days ago Nouns Grammar Vocabulary Jokes Spelling Verbs Pronunciation