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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda
wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson arranged some electrons, so they looked like this : ... ... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently, ... so now I'm always right. :-) You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml Gordon Bennett! "job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same way as those looking for a dental nurse" Maybe going for my six-monthly scale and polish will never be the same again. :-) Ah wel, open wide and all that. |
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:37:07 +0100, nitram wrote:
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson arranged some electrons, so they looked like this : ... ... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently, ... so now I'm always right. :-) You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml A right wing anti-EU/Europe newspaper. Known by the satirical magazine "Private Eye" as the "Daily Torygraph". It was this rag which found "irrefutable evidence" that MP George Galloway had been paid a considerable amount of money by Saddam Hussein for opposing a certain military operation. The case was thrown out in court. |
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:54 +0100, Robert Clark wrote:
Tim Challenger wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:22:47 +0100, Zinzan wrote: Le 1 Feb 2005 06:13:30 -0800, "Jim Pflaum" a écrit : I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks! L'hexagone. ??? Where does that come from? Because it is shaped like one. Only with a liberal helping of imagination, or wine. But I can see it now it's been pointed out. That would make the nickname for Sweden "penisen" (see the ¤2 coin). ;-) -- Tim C. |
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:53:25 -0800, poldy wrote:
In article , Mxsmanic wrote: Jim Pflaum writes: Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname? Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call England "the land of hope and glory." I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks! L'Hexagone is often used in France (because of the way the country is shaped). The anthropomorphic metaphor for the country is Marianne, a woman wearing a Phrygian (or Liberty) cap. Sometimes the country is represented as a rooster (le coq gaulois). Land of the cheese-eating surrender monkeys! ho ho ho. I haven't heard that one before. -- Tim C. |
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:45:11 +0100, Carlus wrote:
"Miss L. Toe" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Frogland ? you are wrong, we don't call our country "Frogland" no, but others do. The question was about *any* nicknames, not just those given by the French. -- Tim C. |
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Following up to Carlus
you are wrong, we don't call our country "Frogland" neither does anybody else. Nicknames are reserved for people of a country "frogs", "roast beefs", "yanks" etc. -- Mike Reid Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to Jim Pflaum
Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname? Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call England "the land of hope and glory." "La Belle France", used with equal sarcasm to "the land of the free". I have never heard a Brit call England "Land of Hope and Glory", sing it, yes. Mainland Spain is "the peninsula" I think. -- Mike Reid Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to Keith Anderson
Known by the satirical magazine "Private Eye" as the "Daily Torygraph". It was this rag which found "irrefutable evidence" that MP George Galloway had been paid a considerable amount of money by Saddam Hussein for opposing a certain military operation. The case was thrown out in court. with damages against the Torygraph IIRC. -- Mike Reid Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to Keith Anderson
"job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same way as those looking for a dental nurse" Pimping is surely illegal? IIRC the real case was about strippers, there is of course risk that they might end up as prostitutes. -- Mike Reid Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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Following up to The Rev Gaston
Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." So do a lot of people, but they're being sarcastic. I cant visualise the usage. "Hello, i'm from America, land of the free" is not going to make you look other than an idiot. But I may try out "hello, i'm British, land of hope and glory" next time i'm asked. -- Mike Reid Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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