Forum: Spanish Basics - Vocab and Grammar Q & A
29th May 2009, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 17,963
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Forum: Geek's Corner
24th September 2008, 03:22 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,161
My guess is...
I think that they were trying to be ironic and ended up laying it on with a trowel in a very American way.
It's like the news item about the first American to discover irony. The London Times...
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Forum: Spanish Basics - Vocab and Grammar Q & A
16th September 2008, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,063
Be thankful
Gee, when I stop to think of the problems we have with a relatively regular language like Spanish I shudder to think of the arguments that they would be having at a "Notes From England" website.
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Forum: Spanish Basics - Vocab and Grammar Q & A
16th September 2008, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 18,456
A little knowledge
At the risk of digging a grave for myself surely "a mi me gusta" is simply being grammatically complete? My Chilean teacher always taught us this as the "correct" way. He says that while you won't...
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Forum: Geek's Corner
16th September 2008, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,437
sin titulo
I turn everything off when I'm finished with it-but then I am a baby-boomer.
?Como se dice "baby-boomer" en castellano?
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Forum: Geek's Corner
16th September 2008, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,161
?Y?
Makes perfect sense to me-but then I am Australian.
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Forum: Life, the Universe, and Everything Else
8th April 2008, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,990
Swear it's true
From the Goon Show;
"Raise your right hand and repeat after me."
"I Swear"
"I swear".
" I also drink and smoke!"
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Forum: Spanish culture, life, food, and news
18th October 2007, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 773
Anthem embarrassment
While on the subject of the Spanish National Anthem. Here is an extract from an interview with Australian jazz trumpeter (I hope someone has heard of him) James Morrison and Australian TV...
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Forum: Spanish culture, life, food, and news
12th July 2007, 05:27 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,162
Well in that case...
What next, we'll have lawyers wanting to run with the snakes!
Ud. es abogado? Mil sientos!
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Forum: Spain Travel - Advice and Experiences
12th July 2007, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,630
Yeah but...
[quote=Alan;28535]That time has come again. Yes, it's time for my Spanish fix. I haven't been to Spain in 8 months and it's driving me mad. So, I have some time off in August and I'm going to get...
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Forum: Life, the Universe, and Everything Else
10th July 2007, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,003
I liked it.
I thought that there was some pretty wonderful imagery in this film. I had the benefit of seeing it on the big screen at our locaL "Art House" cinema here in Hobart. It's great having a cinema 400m...
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Forum: Spanish culture, life, food, and news
9th July 2007, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,083
Me too.
I'm reading the third of Chris Stewart's books at the moment. Well actually I'm at work- but I think it's called the Almond Blossom appreciation society. He certainly is a good read and a rarity it...
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Forum: Learning Spanish
29th June 2007, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,175
Las tres cosas.
Que cosas SIEMPRE traigo conmigo? Pues, de vez un cuando perdo el dinero, las llaves, los anteojos, el movil, pero nunca salgo sin la ropa. Nunca yo se que me espera.
Por lo tanto las tres cosas ?...
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Forum: Life, the Universe, and Everything Else
19th June 2007, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 4,044
come on down!
Well then chuck a lefty and come on down to Tassie. Plenty of snow on the mountain this morning!!
felipe
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Forum: Learning Spanish
19th June 2007, 03:13 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,125
Asterix y Tin Tin
[quote=imc;27313]Yo creo que si no se tiene aún mucho vocabulario es bueno empezar con libros infantiles o libros adaptados. Los libros infantiles pueden además encontrarse a buen precio, y suelen...
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Forum: Learning Spanish
17th June 2007, 02:42 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,125
Y poesia tambien
I have a few Spanish novels and books of short stories with parallel text. It's not often I get the time to sit down with these and give them the attention that someone with my limited vocabulary...
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Forum: Spain Travel - Advice and Experiences
10th June 2007, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 912
Cycling in Spain
As I cycle a lot here in hilly Tasmania I was wondering how practical a cycling holiday may be in Spain. Has anyone done it? If so what was it like? Cheap? Life threatening? Not for the faint...
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Forum: Life, the Universe, and Everything Else
10th June 2007, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 967
El almuerzo australiano
Quiero menciona solamente almuerzo que tomamos a casa aqui en tasmania. Cuando vamos a trabajar llevamos bocadillos o nos compramos comidas en la calle. Pero a casa (en nuestra familia) tomamos...
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Forum: Life, the Universe, and Everything Else
29th May 2007, 03:43 AM
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Replies: 186
Views: 21,109
I'll try to keep this short.
A tourist walks into a bar in Ireland, he buys a Guiness and stands at the bar. There is a local at the bar and a waiter behind the bar. Another local walks in and buys a Guiness, he looks at the...
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Forum: Life, the Universe, and Everything Else
28th May 2007, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 186
Views: 21,109
Once I get started...
A guy walks into a bar and slips on a piece of "doggy-doo" on the doorstep. He picks himself up and goes to the bar and buys a Guiness. Two minutes later another guy walks in and slips in exactly...
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Forum: Intercambios / Meet Ups / Penpals
24th May 2007, 04:48 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,338
When in Tassie...
Well if you should be coming to Tasmania and you need a couple of hours of Spanish conversation send me a private message and if it's a Thursday I'll take you along to my two hour conversation class....
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Forum: Life, the Universe, and Everything Else
24th May 2007, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 186
Views: 21,109
some poor candidates
When the blonde jigsaw joke made it to Tasmania it was a big red rooster and a pack of cornflakes.
Did you hear about the termite that walked into the bar and asked,"where's the bar tender?"
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Forum: Spain Travel - Advice and Experiences
24th May 2007, 04:25 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,506
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Forum: Life, the Universe, and Everything Else
19th March 2007, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,100
That's because...
[quote=Alan;20178]I never got cricket. I never saw it as being fair that if England were giving Australia a right good thrashing, and it rained, then the game was declared a draw.
What! You...
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Forum: Spanish culture, life, food, and news
1st February 2007, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 166
Views: 25,605
I'm cheating
This is probably poor use of this string but I have just been given a Spain travel book called "Our Lady of the Sewers" by Paul Richardson. The person who gave it to me bought it for 30 cents...
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