British X American

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British X American

Postby Brazilian dude » Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:55 pm

I thought some of you might be interested in this:http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dict.html/

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Postby M. Henri Day » Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:05 pm

From the reviews, it sounds like a fun book, BD ! Have you used it yourself ?...

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Postby Brazilian dude » Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:09 pm

No, I haven't started reading it yet. Did you notice it you can read it online in its integrity?

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Postby M. Henri Day » Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:23 pm

It would seem that one can at least look up words in the dictionary, BD....

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Postby gailr » Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:43 pm

According to this dictionary, B_dude, Americans don't know squat. :)
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Postby Stargzer » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:06 pm

Judging by the bar graph "results of design contest" I first thought the site was a joke. Take a second look at it! :wink:

Maybe I should go get the book in Canaduh: the cover indicates it's free there. :)

Try mousing over the beer picture! 8)
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