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  1. RE: Polish words of German origin
    in The Lobby » Speaking in Tongues, May 24, 2013
    Урок means charm, beauty, spell? I only knew урок as lesson. My Russian grammar had each of its m...

  2. Morels
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 24, 2013
    When was the last time you had morels, if ever?

    I was looking through a Chicago supermarket's ...

  3. RE: I'll have him ring you.
    in The Lobby » Speaking in Tongues, May 23, 2013
    "I'll have him (+ verb)" irritates me, too. On occasions when I took a call for someone who wasn'...

  4. RE: What's in your refrigerator?
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 23, 2013
    I just reread my post at #49, and it's misleading. The nearest groceries and supermarkets are abo...

  5. RE: What's in your refrigerator?
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 23, 2013

    If I want to shop, I have to get out my car and make a specific trip to a supermarket.

    I am ...

  6. RE: Polish words of German origin
    in The Lobby » Speaking in Tongues, May 22, 2013
    Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I recognized fajerwerki as being a plural; I wondered if it wa...

  7. RE: Polish words of German origin
    in The Lobby » Speaking in Tongues, May 22, 2013

    One more fire-related is fajerwerki (fireworks).

    Is that a Polish plural for an English word?...

  8. RE: I'll have him ring you.
    in The Lobby » Speaking in Tongues, May 22, 2013

    "I'll have him ring you" isn't American, because we would say "call" or "phone", not "ring".

    ...

  9. RE: Prickly Pear
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 22, 2013
    The weird problem of our previous posts being displayed even while the Thorn Tree seems not to re...

  10. RE: Thought problems were over?.....
    in Check in with Lonely Planet » Report a Bug, May 22, 2013
    I guess we should be thankful for small favors. At least we only have to click on "Sign In" now, ...

  11. RE: Prickly Pear
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 22, 2013
    My dictionary shows both cactuses and cacti as correct plurals of cactus.

  12. RE: Polish words of German origin
    in The Lobby » Speaking in Tongues, May 22, 2013
    I wonder if the Polish word for lobster might have come from French rather than from German. The ...

  13. RE: Thought problems were over?.....
    in Check in with Lonely Planet » Report a Bug, May 22, 2013
    I see that I'm not the only one having the problem!

    I was pleased to see "Your Recent Threads"...

  14. RE: Prickly Pear
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 21, 2013
    Why not knock at the door and tell the homeowner some of what you've told us; not that you've wan...

  15. RE: I fear for the future
    in The Lobby » Speaking in Tongues, May 18, 2013
    Depending on the context, it might be that the clerk simply didn't hear what she thought she hear...

  16. Re: Food for free?
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 18, 2013

    People often drop the ne in negative phrases, ungrammatically.

    So there! The French ain't any...

  17. RE: Food for free?
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 18, 2013
    Now that I think of it, the lady probably said "Ce n'est pas mauvais." Forgive my bad grammar.

  18. RE: Food for free?
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 18, 2013
    Whatever she does, it comes after the instructions. Maybe she pours out the entire glass of liqui...

  19. RE: Food for free?
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 18, 2013
    I just looked at it again. At 3:12, she holds a glass of liquid up to the light, says "It's very,...

  20. Re: Food for free?
    in The Lobby » Get Stuffed, May 18, 2013
    "Nothing bad about it." Is that what she said when she drank some? I just about gagged.