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Marylebone?

How is it pronounced?
10:32 Sat 08th Oct 200515 answers, last by bernardo 04:43 Tue 11th Oct 2005
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Yet another toilet question...

I was browsing a web page where 50- and 60-something UKers were recalling the way things were when they were young...  Several mentioned having to use a "long drop toilet."  What does that...
01:27 Sat 18th Jun 20056 answers, last by lindapinda 01:47 Tue 21st Jun 2005
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Forest versus woods

A clump of trees out in the wilderness is sometimes interchangably referred to either as a "forest" or "the woods."  Is there any particular difference between the two? 
22:49 Sun 15th May 20057 answers, last by Jackanory 20:09 Tue 17th May 2005
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"Half" as a Briticism

I was re-watching "Yellow Submarine", and I noticed the odd use of "half" a couple of times - for example, "You haven't half got a big mouth, have you?"  What is the meaning of "half" or why is...
22:44 Sun 26th Dec 20046 answers, last by NuclearFace 21:20 Tue 19th Apr 2005
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Mr. Clean = Flash?

I thought I'd read years ago that the multi-purpose liquid cleaner known in the United States as "Mr. Clean" was called "Flash" in the UK.  Or at least the character was called Flash. ...
09:19 Mon 08th Nov 20045 answers, last by rinkytink 14:42 Tue 09th Nov 2004

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