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- From: cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West)
- Newsgroups: alt.romance.chat
- Subject: Re: Huh? (was: Love & Happiness
- Keywords: Happy, Happiness, *:>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.051048.12125@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 05:10:48 GMT
- References: <1993Jan16.134141.7701@wetware.com> <1993Jan18.073219.10295@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> <1993Jan20.185852.22742@wetware.com>
- Organization: Dept of CompSci, U of Auckland
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- diana@wetware.com (CatWoman ) writes:
- >cwes1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Clare West) writes:
- >
- >] Its a rather big cupboard - 5' x 10' x 8' (Edouard says it's more like
- >] a very large linen cupboard with no shelves)
- >
- >That's "closet" in CatWoman-speak...
- >Something that a lot of apartments around
- >here remind us of...
-
- In New Zealand English closet is a word that is known but not often
- used - mainly people come out of them but that's about it.
-
- chalk up another one to the seperation of our cultures by a 'common'
- language.
-
- clare
-
- --
- | & Official Welcomer & Hello, my name is Inigo
- ,--. | --. ,--. ,--. & of the RFA & Montoya. You killed my
- | | ,--| | |--' & BigSis to Kristiina, & father. Prepare to die.
- `--' " `--" " `--' & Eric and Chris & -- The Princess Bride
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