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scheherazade
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« Reply #6630 on: January 30, 2009, 03:03:03 PM »

How 'bout this new e-mail today:

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i will be absent on tthe 4th and 5th of feb.my daughter will have her tounsils removed their are no test schedule but i did want to keep u informed on whats going on. incase u give a quiz, thank u


That's a serious preponderance of unnecessary "u"s.  Did she trade her punctuation for them?
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fosca
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« Reply #6631 on: January 30, 2009, 03:43:52 PM »

Maybe she's being charged by the letter?

Students aren't required to be literate to take my class, according to official policy, and it shows.
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scheherazade
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« Reply #6632 on: January 30, 2009, 03:57:32 PM »

Maybe she's being charged by the letter?

I would have thought so, except for the "u" in "tounsils".
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« Reply #6633 on: January 30, 2009, 04:54:38 PM »

Is she British?
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llanfair
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« Reply #6634 on: January 30, 2009, 04:57:32 PM »

Is she British?

Even Brits and Canadians don't go that far.
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« Reply #6635 on: January 30, 2009, 05:00:03 PM »

Is she British?

Even Brits and Canadians don't go that far.

Ah, then she must be pretending to be British.  The over-the-top spelling, bad fake accent, and constant tea drinking should give it away.
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llanfair
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Whither Canada?


« Reply #6636 on: January 30, 2009, 05:04:46 PM »

Is she British?

Even Brits and Canadians don't go that far.

Ah, then she must be pretending to be British.  The over-the-top spelling, bad fake accent, and constant tea drinking should give it away.

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Royal Family ...
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« Reply #6637 on: January 30, 2009, 05:18:22 PM »

Is she British?

Even Brits and Canadians don't go that far.

Ah, then she must be pretending to be British.  The over-the-top spelling, bad fake accent, and constant tea drinking should give it away.

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Royal Family ...

No one expects the British Inquisition!
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conjugate
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« Reply #6638 on: January 30, 2009, 05:36:37 PM »

Is she British?

Even Brits and Canadians don't go that far.

Ah, then she must be pretending to be British.  The over-the-top spelling, bad fake accent, and constant tea drinking should give it away.

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Royal Family ...

No one expects the British Inquisition!

"Inquisitiounne"?  (As long as we're doing "over-the-top spelling"....)
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anthroid
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« Reply #6639 on: January 30, 2009, 05:41:20 PM »

Is she British?

Even Brits and Canadians don't go that far.

Ah, then she must be pretending to be British.  The over-the-top spelling, bad fake accent, and constant tea drinking should give it away.

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Royal Family ...

No one expects the British Inquisition!

"Inquisitiounne"?  (As long as we're doing "over-the-top spelling"....)

Don't you mean "ouvre thee thopp* spelin"?

*The "h" is silent, as in Thomas or Thyme.  Them's fancy letters.
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« Reply #6640 on: January 30, 2009, 05:43:25 PM »

OK, my mind is a reelin' with how the British Inquisition would look between common law legalities and the stiff upper lip. No wonder these are the people who came up with the comfy chair torture.
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llanfair
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Whither Canada?


« Reply #6641 on: January 30, 2009, 07:51:41 PM »

OK, my mind is a reelin' with how the British Inquisition would look between common law legalities and the stiff upper lip. No wonder these are the people who came up with the comfy chair torture.

Not forgetting the soft cushions.

With all the stuffing up one end.
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scheherazade
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« Reply #6642 on: January 30, 2009, 07:54:09 PM »

OK, my mind is a reelin' with how the British Inquisition would look between common law legalities and the stiff upper lip. No wonder these are the people who came up with the comfy chair torture.

I've tried, but I cannot let this go without posting "Cake or Death":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNjcuZ-LiSY

Or, in Lego (with a bit more of the dialogue): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZVjKlBCvhg
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born2late
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« Reply #6643 on: January 30, 2009, 07:57:11 PM »

Is she British?

Even Brits and Canadians don't go that far.

Ah, then she must be pretending to be British.  The over-the-top spelling, bad fake accent, and constant tea drinking should give it away.

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Royal Family ...

No one expects the British Inquisition!

"Inquisitiounne"?  (As long as we're doing "over-the-top spelling"....)

Don't you mean "ouvre thee thopp* spelin"?

*The "h" is silent, as in Thomas or Thyme.  Them's fancy letters.
I must say that I am shocked at how quickly this has degenerated into another Monty Python sketch. Now for something completely different .
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llanfair
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Whither Canada?


« Reply #6644 on: January 30, 2009, 08:02:12 PM »

Is she British?

Even Brits and Canadians don't go that far.

Ah, then she must be pretending to be British.  The over-the-top spelling, bad fake accent, and constant tea drinking should give it away.

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Royal Family ...

No one expects the British Inquisition!

"Inquisitiounne"?  (As long as we're doing "over-the-top spelling"....)

Don't you mean "ouvre thee thopp* spelin"?

*The "h" is silent, as in Thomas or Thyme.  Them's fancy letters.
I must say that I am shocked at how quickly this has degenerated into another Monty Python sketch. Now for something completely different .

With us, it's either Monty Python or cats.
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