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And Chicken is Poulet not Hähnchen like you'd expect..Originally posted by VectraMan View PostWhen I was doing German lessons the teacher (who was Hungarian) said she thought she was fluent until the day she went to Switzerland and couldn't understand a word.
What I remember most about going to the Zurich area was hearing "Merci-schön".Comment
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Some of the European companies I have done work for purposely put the British flag as the icon for their English website.Originally posted by Bee View PostYou can say thanks to our North American friends.
I sometimes then have to point out the American spellings...."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Merci vielmal in Basel. Adieu for goodbye. Trottoir for pavement. Anker for butter (as in anchor butter), and manchesters for corduroy trousers.Originally posted by VectraMan View Post...What I remember most about going to the Zurich area was hearing "Merci-schön".Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Finally decent measurements
Do a woman’s breasts weigh more than a Persian kitten? Handy chart from Japan lets youÂ*know | RocketNews24
Ladies are you sporting a pair of Alvins or a cuddly Persian?

And for the boys as we know MF is a fifty pancaker but where do you fit in?● A-cups: 236.3 grams, or two chipmunks
● B-cups: 447.5 grams, or five cockatiels
● C-cups: 531.3 grams, or one newborn polar bear cub
● D-cups: 758.8 grams, or one wigeon duck
● E-cups: 1,006.4 grams, or one Netherland Dwarf rabbit
● F-cups: 1,180 grams, or one three-month-old Persian kitten

AtW of course has a squirrel based chart.● A-cups: 11 pancakes
● B-cups: 15 pancakes
● C-cups: 18 pancakes
● D-cups: 25 pancakes
● E-cups: 34 pancakes
● F-cups: 39 pancakesComment
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No, I can assure you I was NOT modelling for that photo.Originally posted by barrydidit View PostSo that's what Fox Hat was doing in Japan in April...…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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