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  • #76
    Originally posted by Dauphin
    I haven't heard anyone use "blag it" recently.

    Maybe it's cos people I work with these days are a bit more studious.
    I often use it - not sure what that says about me or my colleagues.

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    • #77
      /me bites

      That you are economists?
      One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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      • #78
        My slang terms were picked up entirely from Durham and Derby.

        I lived in Derby 1993-1998, and Durham 1998-2001.

        Then UK took my visa away and I sodded off back to the US in good measure
        "lol internet" ~ AAHZ

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Dauphin
          * Dauphin bites

          That you are economists?
          Ah, predictable. So very predictable. One might almost assume you are an accountant.

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          • #80
            Not just any old accountant, a forensic accountant.
            One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
              My slang terms were picked up entirely from Durham and Derby.

              I lived in Derby 1993-1998, and Durham 1998-2001.

              Then UK took my visa away and I sodded off back to the US in good measure
              What was in Derby that would be interesting to a foreigner back then? Certainly not the university! Hope you have fond memories of the Blessington Carriage and maybe the Bluenote too. A lot has changed since then though.

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              • #82
                Originally posted by thesilentone
                What was in Derby that would be interesting to a foreigner back then?
                Rolls Royce plc has its headquarters there.

                Also, while I lived in Derby and had freedom to actually wander at leisure, I was 13 and younger, so I didn't have much interest in night clubs and bars. Once I got to boarding school there was enough to keep me amused in school without going to Derby, though I do know some girls used to sneak out to go clubbing with fake IDs and smuggle ProPlus pills into night clubs while pretending they were ecstasy tablets.
                Last edited by Alinestra Covelia; February 21, 2008, 15:45.
                "lol internet" ~ AAHZ

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                • #83
                  Could you have renewed your visa if you'd wanted to...?
                  Visit the Vote UK Discussion Forum!

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                  • #84
                    I don't remember that specifically. The visa was a student's visa and my studies were over, so it was time to leave. I spent the following summer in the US and then went back to China for a year to brush up on my Mandarin.

                    I remember one thing about that time well. I was halfway through writing Joe at the time.
                    "lol internet" ~ AAHZ

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