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« on: February 19, 2014, 22:44:25 »

Presumably so it can shut the line on schedule for engineering works?

Cynique? Vous?
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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2014, 17:41:36 »

Moderator note: The following posts have been diverted from the 'Dawlish Avoiding Line' thread due to silliness. We were going way off route.  Cheesy


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Moi? Jamais! Pragmatique toujours.

OK, peut-^tre un soup^on de cynique.
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2014, 23:27:38 »

Merci, Quatre voie ferr^e, maintenant!  Roll Eyes
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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2014, 17:55:53 »


Cynique? Vous?

Moi? Jamais! Pragmatique toujours.

OK, peut-^tre un soup^on de cynique.
Merci, Quatre voie ferr^e, maintenant!  Roll Eyes

I never realised they spoke Cornish in Dawlish part of Devon  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2014, 18:02:30 »

Leun a sylli yw ow skath bargesi
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2014, 18:05:24 »

What he said.  Tongue
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2014, 18:09:09 »

Leun a sylli yw ow skath bargesi

I had that problem last time I went to Cornwall; it is more common than you'd think. The trick is to keep the doors shut and apply a liberal coating of eel-repellant to your skirt.
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2014, 18:15:00 »

Leun a sylli yw ow skath bargesi

Dreckly, my 'ansum!
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2014, 18:30:46 »

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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2014, 18:56:14 »

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Latin, IMSMR?

Leun a sylli yw ow skath bargesi

Et mon a^roglisseur est plein des anguilles

(Done without recourse to Google translate, hopefully to a degree of correctness commensurate to my Grade 6 O-level)


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Je vois ce que vous avez fait l^!  Merci, QV-F, M.
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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2014, 15:10:44 »

Actually, I don't know why I do it - it merely encourages such occasional silliness ...  Roll Eyes Shocked Grin
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2014, 20:16:11 »

Actually, I don't know why I do it - it merely encourages such occasional silliness ...  Roll Eyes Shocked Grin

Audaces fortuna iuvat :-p
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« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2014, 22:06:34 »

And should there be anyone wondering what the heck the following is all about:

Leun a sylli yw ow skath bargesi

Et mon a^roglisseur est plein des anguilles

Then good starting points would be to either get yourself a 1970s Hungarian-English phrasebook or watch the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao

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« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2014, 22:55:45 »

I look forward to the opportunity to "watch the following:"

Whatever it might be.  Wink
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« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2014, 23:00:45 »

I look forward to the opportunity to "watch the following:"

Whatever it might be.  Wink

Ooops. Forgot to paste the link. Fixed it now.  Embarrassed

Merci, Monsieur le CfN de remarquer l'erreur.
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