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To: PghBaldy
Legendary? In what sense?

Oh. Right. I forget. Some words in British English are pretty much reverse in American English.

Fer instance, private schools in England are what we call public schools here in the Colonies and vice versa.

Was it Winston Churchill who said, "America and Britain are two peoples separated by a common language."?

9 posted on 08/02/2015 7:00:27 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

There are a lot of performers who truly are “legendary” in their home countries but may not strike more than once or twice here. She was OBE.

This one was pretty good, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDBYe7IO1dU


11 posted on 08/02/2015 7:27:48 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: Texas Eagle

You must be fun at parties.


18 posted on 08/02/2015 8:38:14 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Texas Eagle
You know, for some reason, I don't get invited to a lot of parties. In fact, even on the rare occasion where I do get invited to a party, the pre-stamped and addressed RSVP always comes back stamped, "Return to sender. No such address".

Hmmmmm.

19 posted on 08/02/2015 8:42:19 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle
Fer instance, private schools in England are what we call public schools here in the Colonies and vice versa.

Also, "to table a motion" in American parliamentary procedure means to postpone it for consideration, while in England, it means to introduce it.

29 posted on 08/02/2015 5:40:58 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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