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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!ieunet!ul.ie!mckeonj
- From: mckeonj@ul.ie
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Xmas in Beijing
- Message-ID: <20200.2b383abb@ul.ie>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 10:08:59 GMT
- Organization: University of Limerick, Ireland
- Lines: 12
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- Just for fun at Xmas time, a definition:
- A native English speaker is one who cannot, or will not,
- pronounce the guttural H.
- He will use all kinds of substitutes, writing and saying
- X CH J KH GH and so on.
- Ask "why?". The answer is interesting, and serves also to
- explain why 13 is unlucky.
- I will post more if required.
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- "If England sleeps, shall Ireland dream?" : Se/an macEoin
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- John McKeon, Material Science Dept. University of Limerick, Ireland
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