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GKW

Kor till vanster

I have seen recently a sign which says Kor till vanster. What language is this and what does it mean?
12:50 Sun 01st Jun 20087 answers, last by DaSwede 17:53 Sun 01st Jun 2008
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Mortartube

Hated Americanisms

Which Americanism(s) that have crept into the English language, do you hate the most? The one that jangles my nerves the most is when people want to buy something in a shop and say "Can I get a"...
13:26 Fri 30th May 200846 answers, last by harryticker 15:21 Sun 15th Jan 2012
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Gromit

Answerbank to close!

important announcement on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/answerbank.stm/a>
15:30 Thu 29th May 200850 answers, last by haysi06 11:17 Sun 01st Jun 2008
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Hawken

Six Ways from Sunday

Where did the phrase "six ways from Sunday" come from and what does it mean?
08:53 Thu 08th May 20082 answers, last by DaSwede 14:46 Mon 26th May 2008
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mandimoo

words that change meaning over time

for example, gay used to mean happy, then homosexual, then a bit crap. awful, i am told, did not used to mean terrible, but full of awe. does this changing of meaning have a term?
23:48 Fri 23rd May 20084 answers, last by figure 04:16 Mon 26th May 2008
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Izitso

60's book

I read a children's book in 1965, which was about a raven. It had a red and black cover I think, with drawings inside. It was such a wonderful,almost mythical story that I've never forgotten its...
13:04 Fri 23rd May 20083 answers, last by cancross 15:01 Fri 23rd May 2008
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DaSwede

google docs is it good

I'm thinking about starting using Google Docs for creating and storing some rather important documents. Before I make the plunge: Is there a risk of serious problems, like for instance suddenly not...
01:07 Mon 19th May 20085 answers, last by fo3nix 20:24 Tue 20th May 2008
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B00

Dunno why I'm asking this as nothing gets acknowledged...

Anyhoo... Is it possible that when we hover our mouses over a question in recent post box over there >>that we can have the facility to see who the question author is? I'm asking as I've noticed...
11:54 Mon 19th May 200823 answers, last by Octavius 20:37 Wed 21st May 2008
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-Ronnie-

Rolling Stones video

I'm looking for the title of a Rolling Stones song. I think the video was released in the early or mid 90's. Mick Jagger wore a sleeveless shirt and eyeliner. I also remember a woman with curly hair....
17:12 Sat 10th May 20084 answers, last by DaSwede 00:31 Sun 11th May 2008
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DaSwede

cunningham flies again

(This is a rerun of a question I asked a while back in the main category. Didn't get any replies there - could it be that the real buffs dwell in subcategories only? Sorry to be such a pain in the...
16:08 Mon 31st Dec 2007503 answers, last by DaSwede 16:52 Wed 07th May 2008
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dabees

Is it time for AB ED to moderate this site?

Upon seeing this case, it got me thinking that i've seen comments far more threatening on this site. Will this judgement have an effect on how The Answerbank run this place? If they continue to let...
03:50 Wed 30th Apr 200812 answers, last by Ethel 16:53 Wed 30th Apr 2008
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BertiWooster

' The silence ....

.... is deafening' ' You could cut the tension with a knife' We all know what is meant when phrases like these are used However, is this something that is peculiar to our language - or are there...
02:09 Sat 26th Apr 20085 answers, last by DaSwede 18:24 Tue 29th Apr 2008
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crisgal

can you eat green spuds?

Thy are still firm but the skins are green. Will they be ok peeled?
14:51 Tue 22nd Apr 200818 answers, last by crisgal 23:01 Tue 22nd Apr 2008
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Loosehead

Time out problem getting worse....

Ed can you do somthing about this, I posted this question a few weeks ago, it times out nearly always. "Hi Ab ed, quite often now when I go to "Questions I've answered" I get timed out, this is...
13:16 Tue 22nd Apr 20082 answers, last by jno 20:26 Tue 22nd Apr 2008
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zak1

Leaving card

Close friends are emmigrating to Australia soon,can anyone suggest a poem or something nice to write in their leaving card.
13:09 Sun 20th Apr 20085 answers, last by shivvy 18:43 Thu 24th Apr 2008
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DaSwede

high oleic oils

Has it in your opinion been sufficiently established that high oleic oils are wholesome in foods or is it more a case of "well at least they're better than transfats aren't they... or at least we...
20:11 Sat 19th Apr 20081 answer, last by DaSwede 20:25 Sat 19th Apr 2008
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DaSwede

turkish (?) bed

Does anyone know who painted this? I was googling for images and stumbled upon this one on a Turkish blog I intended to return to later, but now I can't find it again. (Not that I understand Turkish...
00:02 Mon 07th Apr 200813 answers, last by woofgang 10:30 Thu 29th May 2008
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DaSwede

what goes where

Here's a quote I found on the internet. My question is whether or not the first comma is correctly placed. It looks quite clumsy to me to put it within the quotation marks: A Healing Dream can never...
16:17 Tue 08th Apr 200810 answers, last by DaSwede 15:08 Wed 09th Apr 2008
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VINNY100_2

happy birthday boo (:o)

~~~~~~Happy ~~~~Birthday~~~BOO ~~~~~~~~YO Have a brill day (*_*) Vin xxx (:o)
07:00 Fri 28th Mar 200827 answers, last by wee willie 00:43 Sat 29th Mar 2008
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shaneystar2

Electric knife Cuisinart

I am trying to track down this knife from an outlet in the UK.I have Goggled myself silly to no avail . They only seem to have them in the US ....does anyone know if they are are actually available...
23:29 Tue 05th Feb 2008511 answers, last by woofgang 15:03 Thu 27th Mar 2008

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