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To: Enchante

http://johnsmeaton.com/
enjoy! Or I’ll boot ye!


6 posted on 07/07/2007 1:49:05 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: JerseyHighlander
Matching J&S silver chains were purchased. Two Biggy Smalls rectangular faced perpetual motion Cartiers with diamond-encrusted wristbands were impatiently pointed at and duly wrapped. Fingers were clicked; handfulls of baseball caps were dropped into a groaning plastic bag.

English writing English is just sublime. Even their worst writers (Martin Amis, et al) can still turn a phrase.

[However, we Yanks would use "handsful", rather than "handfulls"]

30 posted on 07/07/2007 11:54:55 PM PDT by IslandJeff (Bird bird bird, bird is the word)
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