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02-04-2002, 02:03 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: China
Distribution: Redhat7.2
Posts: 7
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Is there English-to-English dictionary in linux?
Thank you.
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02-04-2002, 05:22 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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huh? you mean a thesaurus maybe?
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02-04-2002, 03:49 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,635
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maybe they mean a translation from uk to american... sometimes i have no idea what you guys are saying...
 ...can blame that on being texan tho... |
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02-04-2002, 07:09 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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Quote:
Originally posted by isajera
maybe they mean a translation from uk to american... sometimes i have no idea what you guys are saying...
...can blame that on being texan tho...
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oh super!
pip pip and all that! |
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02-04-2002, 08:08 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: chicago, IL
Distribution: Gentoo 1.4_rc1
Posts: 913
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Hehe if you don't get some of our dialog just ask, i mean there isnt TOO many things different.
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02-05-2002, 01:21 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: China
Distribution: Redhat7.2
Posts: 7
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I mean normal dictionary.
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02-05-2002, 05:46 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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are you sitting comfortably?
oh it's ok drunk woman.. if you get confused therion will help you out... lovely.
ahh you really miss out on the fine points of the english language. i don't really think there's anything suitable in the US vocab that can match up to a decent english....
AHHHH BUGGER!
a kinda mental detox in two and a half easy syllables.
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02-05-2002, 07:27 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Kansas City
Distribution: RedHat 7.2 Kernel 2.4.17
Posts: 250
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Hmmmm WTF is a bugger... I don't see that in there anywhere.  You mean a booger? *picking*
Last edited by ryanstrayer; 02-05-2002 at 07:28 PM.
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02-06-2002, 04:27 AM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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trickykid is a right bugger...
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02-06-2002, 04:32 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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haha, found one....
http://voyager.dvc.edu/~bmckinney/brie.html
for those too lazy to click...
Aubergine - eggplant
Banger - sausage
Beetroot - beets
Berk - a fool
Bloke - guy, dude
Bonnet - car hood
Courgette - zucchini [zuccwhat?!??!?!?!]
Dustman - garbage man
Film - movie
Ground floor - first floor
Hoover - vacuum cleaner
Nappy - diaper
Postal code - ZIP code
Rumpy pumpy - sexual intercourse
Spod - an Internet addict
Sod's Law - Murphy's Law [i.e. the REAL name] |
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02-07-2002, 08:51 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Plymouth, England.
Distribution: Mostly Debian based systems
Posts: 4,368
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Aha! You're SPOD word finally appears to have a definition. Thanks.
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02-07-2002, 11:23 AM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Kansas City
Distribution: RedHat 7.2 Kernel 2.4.17
Posts: 250
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Re: trickykid is a right bugger...
HAHAHA anal intercourse... |
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02-07-2002, 07:54 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Sydney
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 296
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Quote:
Originally posted by ryanstrayer
Hmmmm WTF is a bugger... I don't see that in there anywhere. You mean a booger? *picking*
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Ignorant bastard. and you called me a ni#%&r??
Bugger is something im sure you are familiar with, its main and correct meaning is the act of sodomy. |
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02-07-2002, 07:57 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Sydney
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 296
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Re: Re: trickykid is a right bugger...
Quote:
Originally posted by ryanstrayer
HAHAHA anal intercourse...
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Not over penis and vagina jokes yet are we hmmmm?
Oh well, maybe when you hit 16 and bust a nut, youll get over it. |
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