Meeting Royalty in Europe

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(Robert) wrote:

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In article ,
(Robert) wrote:

Yes because you are at the level where you think spelling is
everything. You should know as you move up to the university level
spelling doesn't count in many of the subjects - just remembering
facts at test time.

What did you major in?

Finance but the first two years were all general subjects from
Astronomy to Zoology. And if your memory wasn't good you couldn't do
well on the tersts. They mostly required the reguritation of memorized
facts.

I'm surprised that you had the opportunity to study abroad on such a
general degree - I thought that chance was reserved for the more
intensively academic courses. But maybe yours was a special case?

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(EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)) wrote:

I'm the Queen of Rumania!

kisses Evelyn's hand And may I enquire how the Prince is, your majesty?

In article ,
(Deep Freud Moors) wrote:

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 23:52:08 +0000,
(David Horne) wrote:

Deep Freud Moors wrote:

I am sure, but I don't have enough interest in her to start googling.
She is not very successful in riling me.

I admit, I was ****ed off enough to do the research. It was
frightening.
A bit like that bit in "The Shining" when the writer's wife realises
he's written the _same_ sentence over and over again...

David

Oeil werk und non plait, maix Müri eau dahl gürl...

A l'eau! C'est l'heure!

Un petit d'un petit c'etonne aux Halles...

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(EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)) wrote:



Reid wrote:

Following up to David Horne

coronation street of all things, dear oh dear.

Hey. I'm a fan of Corrie! That's why I lurked there for a while.
Her
posts were really creepy.

The soaps are an area I just don't like, getting committed to
watching so much TV...and I hear people talking as if its real...
how would I find the time for usenet if I watched them? :-)

You mean people are like that in England, too?

Very much so.

The most popular homegrown soaps here are EastEnders and Coronation Street
on the TV, set respectively in London and an imaginary industrial town in
the northwest [1]; plus The Archers on the radio, dealing with rural life
in Worcestershire.

They are slightly compelling, if that's not a contradiction in terms
(though I never worry if I miss one [2]). I guess what appeals is that
they have actors who look like real people (not too beautiful) and they do
deal, sometimes quite intelligently but increasingly too melodramatically,
with the kind of issues that affect real people.

We also get the Australian ones on daytime/early-evening TV (the dog likes
daytime TV, *I'd* never watch them of course...). They seem more
superficial, but I think they're aimed at a teenage audience.

[1] I've never been sure where Walford is supposed to be -- I imagine
somewhere in the Manchester orbit.

[2] Marie, David -- I still want to know what happened to Tyrone's
lurcher! Did it die in episodes I missed?

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 08:34:36 +0000, Reid
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Following up to David Horne

coronation street of all things, dear oh dear.

Hey. I'm a fan of Corrie! That's why I lurked there for a while. Her
posts were really creepy.

The soaps are an area I just don't like, getting committed to
watching so much TV...and I hear people talking as if its real...
how would I find the time for usenet if I watched them? :-)

Bickering on usenet is much more stimulating than watching tv in my
view. At least you can learn stuff here, and excercise your brain a
little. Sure as hell beats watching brainless drivel...
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DFM

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(Robert) wrote:

This didn't post for some reason: My friend's mother is not
reigning. I don't think the term is Queen Mother for her but I know
she's the top of the top woman.

If she is a queen married to a prince that implies she is a monarch
in her own right, not merely a queen by marriage. (Heck - I'm
assuming she and Prince Dad *are* married?) So why is she not
reigning?

She comes from royalty. I think from a long line. I am not ready, if
ever, to reveal why she is not reigning or which part of the world she
comes from or lives in.


Wait, I thought you said she was a princess becuase she married a prince.
If we are going to continue this game, I think you should get your facts
straight.

No I didn't. I only said my friend's (the princess) father and mother
are prince and queen. Her mother is head queen of the state.

Marie Lewis wrote in message ...
In article , Robert
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Yes because you are at the level where you think spelling is
everything. You should know as you move up to the university level
spelling doesn't count in many of the subjects - just remembering
facts at test time.

In the USA. But what about when you want to get a job?
That's all at most universities.

In the USA.

So I just used
most of my time to study (remember facts) and when I was finished to
meet girls (have sex). I did so good they said I was an honor student
and all this.

It is not just the spelling: you have dreadful grammar and punctuation
as well. If you cannot learn these simple things, your qualifications
(!) are somewhat suspect.

What qualifications do you refer to you?

In fact they acclaimed me nationwide by inducting my
into the elite national honor society. I forget what it's called but
Hilary Clinton belonged to it too. There are good teachers and bad
teachers. Which one are you? I think you are in the bad category.

You know nothing. Literally.

That's such a supid comment coming from someone who professes to be
"educated" (someone who knows how to spell). I know where Sweden is on
the map. You think this is a joke? In my 12th grade class out of 30
students I was the only one to know - and most of the students were at
the top of the class in a school with a "good" reputation. What is
education?

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In article ,
(EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)) wrote:

I'm the Queen of Rumania!

kisses Evelyn's hand And may I enquire how the Prince is, your majesty?

You don't recognize the quotation? (Dorothy Parker, I think - but I
guess she was long before your time.)

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In article ,
(Robert) wrote:


Finance but the first two years were all general subjects from
Astronomy to Zoology. And if your memory wasn't good you couldn't do
well on the tersts. They mostly required the reguritation of memorized
facts.

I'm surprised that you had the opportunity to study abroad on such a
general degree - I thought that chance was reserved for the more
intensively academic courses. But maybe yours was a special case?

Well, one of my fellow music-majors at my liberal arts college got a
Fullbright scholarship to study voice in Italy - but a) she was
exceptionally talented, and b) she had a brain.

In article ,
Deep Freud Moors wrote:

I would happily speak French more often in this forum, but I don't
like it when people correct me constantly (which happens, because my
written French is pretty bad). It interrupts the flow of conversation,
and thus what I am trying to say. Take offence if you like, but you
won't change my style...
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DFM

Please don't use the French that you know. I don't speak or understand
most of it. I understand the content of your writings even when they
contain an error or two. I don't take offence at any of the mistakes. I
make them occasionally because my brain works faster than my fingers
when I am typing. :-D

--
Nancy Kay
"Patience is a Virtue"
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