OT: Learning new words (was RE: "Single instance" machines)

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Wed Dec 16 18:45:48 1998

>(mean?) humorous streak. They taught him a very interesting form of
>English - and colourful. Instead of saying "wow, excellent!", they
>convinced him that the correct thing to say was "most spannerlike!", and
>that a correct form of greeting was "Hello Sailor!". There were many more
>interesting variations, and his English was eventually, suffice it to say,
>unusual :)

Six words: "My hovercraft is full of eels"

Tim.
Received on Wed Dec 16 1998 - 18:45:48 GMT

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