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Post by Twoddle on Dec 24, 2018 9:47:34 GMT
Happy Christmas to you all. I hope you have a great time during the festive season.
Personally, I can't wait till it's all over, but I suppose I'll have to!
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Post by Verbivore on Dec 24, 2018 12:59:51 GMT
Happy Christmas to you all. I hope you have a great time during the festive season. Personally, I can't wait till it's all over, but I suppose I'll have to! Twod: Just inhale deeply of the plum-pudding brandy fumes before they're burned off. May it be a short waiting!
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Post by Verbivore on Dec 29, 2018 23:01:16 GMT
To burgle or burglarize?
I notice that in US print news (online) the verb to burgle is presented as to burglarize. What is the need or purpose of this difference?
In Oz, a similar word that takes two forms means quite something else: to bugger is to perform anal intercourse, or to ruin something – the car is buggered; to buggerise (slang) is to faff about – I'm just buggerising around.
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Post by Twoddle on Dec 30, 2018 8:13:54 GMT
It's one of those trans-Pond differences.
USA English: Burglarize, Burglarized; UK English: Burgle, Burgled.
What's the Oz preference?
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Post by Verbivore on Dec 30, 2018 8:22:42 GMT
It's one of those trans-Pond differences. USA English: Burglarize, Burglarized; UK English: Burgle, Burgled. What's the Oz preference? Burgle / burgled.
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