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26-Jun-2003, 20:47
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Originally Posted by tdol It's based in England, but many of the people involved, like Ron, are American.  | Yeah, and it gets lonesome sometimes being the only one.
(Mike and CS haven't been around much lately. Maybe it's because I've been getting to the questions first. _ _ )
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26-Jun-2003, 20:51
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I've only recently gotten turned on to banging on. It's cool!
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26-Jun-2003, 21:04
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Originally Posted by RonBee I've only recently gotten turned on to banging on. It's cool!
:D | Okay, I knew this was going to happen sooner or later.. I'm lost. What are you banging on about? |
26-Jun-2003, 21:11
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Originally Posted by RonBee I've only recently gotten turned on to banging on. It's cool!
:D | Okay, I knew this was going to happen sooner or later.. I'm lost. What are you banging on about? | Well, if I am any judge (and I'm not), you used that phrase just right. :) Anyhow, I was referring to what TDOL said earlier, thus: "It's sad to hear people banging on about Shakespeare as a justification for claiming to be superior." I have only recently run across that expression, and I have taken a shine to it. (That's an American expression meaning I like it.)
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27-Jun-2003, 06:10
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Originally Posted by RonBee I've only recently gotten turned on to banging on. It's cool!
:D | Okay, I knew this was going to happen sooner or later.. I'm lost. What are you banging on about? | Well, if I am any judge (and I'm not), you used that phrase just right. :) Anyhow, I was referring to what TDOL said earlier, thus: "It's sad to hear people banging on about Shakespeare as a justification for claiming to be superior." I have only recently run across that expression, and I have taken a shine to it. (That's an American expression meaning I like it.)
8) | Can it get any more embarrassing than this? *praying a black hole will open and swallow me up* I woke up this morning and realized that it had to be British English and that to indicate that you wrote it in italics... I had never seen or heard it before (which doesn't mean ANYTHING).
See that's what I meant - the simplest things still confuse me. Especially when I'm tired!
Gotta run. I'm late for work!!! But I just HAD to come here before I leave and prove I'm not a complete idiot. :D  |
27-Jun-2003, 08:03
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Originally Posted by christina I woke up this morning and realized that it had to be British English and that to indicate that you wrote it in italics... | Not exactly. I don't want to be disagreeable, but I would have done that with anything I wanted to call attention to for whatever reason. :wink: Quote: |
Originally Posted by christina I had never seen or heard it before (which doesn't mean ANYTHING). | I only ran across it myself a few days ago. But from now on I am going to use it when I want to sound British. TDOL teaches me British slang, and I try to teach him how to spell. Quote: |
Originally Posted by christina Gotta run. I'm late for work!!! But I just HAD to come here before I leave and prove I'm not a complete idiot. :D | Not at all. If your speaking skills are as good as your writing skills your English must be darn near perfect. :wink:
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We take shines in BE too. |
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Originally Posted by tdol We take shines in BE too. | Are you referring to "I have taken a shine to it"? Perhaps the Americans got that one from the British. (I'm not sure how old it is.)
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28-Jun-2003, 20:13
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Yes.
Dictionary.com gives these idioms with shine:
Idioms:
shine up to Informal
To try to impress or please: shined up to the boss, hoping to get a raise.
take a shine to Informal
To like spontaneously.
The first is not something I've heard here, but the second is common enough. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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