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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 01:31:50
Message-Id: 20180202013142.10655943@phoucgh.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers by Peter Humphrey
1 On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:41:29 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
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3 > 9/10 for effort, though, as my Dad might have said. :)
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5 > (He was a teacher, and he never gave 10/10 for anything because, he
6 > said, surely there must always be some room for improvement. You see
7 > what we children had to cope with...)
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9 Good for him. 10/10 means "well done, but you're never going to get any
10 better". A depressing concept :(
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14 Neil Bothwick
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16 Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.

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