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Baba Alex
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| Did she say thank you after you had failed her? |
She said 'I'm fine'
ANyway I didn't fail her, she failed herself |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| good answer, young sir |
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Mark Loyd
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:35 am Post subject: |
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| But then the Turk in charge passed her anyway. |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
| good answer, young sir |
There're no flies on me.
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Mark Loyd
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, there ARE. |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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| or the united states of ponce. |
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molly farquharson
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| is that because it ponces on other lands? |
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Mark Loyd
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:56 am Post subject: |
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ponce
n : someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man]
No poncing for teachers on this forum please. |
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Otterman Ollie
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| So is it ok to accept the Turkish version in an English exam or essay then perhaps ? |
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molly farquharson
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Ponce de Leon was Spanish. Anyone know what Ponce is in Spanish?
I thought a ponce in British English was like a fop. |
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Golightly
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| watch Withnail and I: 'Perfumed ponce!' the meaning is pretty clear. |
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