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31-Oct-2006, 04:17
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Originally Posted by Tdol  I meant yank, not an oil tanker.  |
Sheesh, make one little crack about their lack of ice cubes and they start calling you a septic tank.... |
31-Oct-2006, 05:55
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For added friendliness, we can, of course, shorten it to the diminutive 'septic/s'. |
31-Oct-2006, 07:07
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Originally Posted by Tdol For added friendliness, we can, of course, shorten it to the diminutive 'septic/s'. | I'm feeling the warmth... |
31-Oct-2006, 11:21
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MikeNY once suggested that 'perfect twit' would be a good Cockney rhyme for 'Brit', but then the joke would start 'Two septics and a perfect went into a pub...'. I'm happy with his suggestion. |
31-Oct-2006, 11:43
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Originally Posted by Tdol I meant yank, not an oil tanker. | A merchant then  |
01-Nov-2006, 05:40
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Is a merchant an employee of J. Arthur? |
01-Nov-2006, 10:49
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I do believe he could be  Tdol, if anyone asks for an explanation I'm nominating you |
01-Nov-2006, 11:50
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My explanation would probably be London by night. |
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| | Re: waste drainage pipe
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Originally Posted by ieasy Hi,
In my country, dirty water and trash is thrown through a waste drainage pipe in a kind of giant "liquid garbage" which also holds the rain water.
It's called in Portuguese: "Lagoa de captação" which could mean word by word
"uptake lake" or "capturing lake". Does somoene know the right word in English?
Thank you, | Temporarily interrupting the repartee:
In AmE, we call a "waste drainage pipe" a "sewer pipe," and it empties into a sewer. The content of the sewer is "sewage."
Carry on, chaps!
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Reason: Misspelling. Repartee has 2 e's
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