Author:  SylvainLS  Posted:  Mar 6, 2023 03:51  Subject:  Re: The Five Most Feared Words  Viewed:  46 times  Topic:  Off Topic Cancel Reply

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In Off Topic, Chickaroo writes:    […]    “Haven’t you enough (LEGO¹) already?” ¹ Don’t know if you count “haven’t” as one or two words I prefer “Is that enough LEGO already?” (Obviously the answer is no!) After posting, I realized/thought that maybe “Don’t you have enough LEGO already?” would be more idiomatic… but it’s too many words!    I’ve watched Countdown way too often and haven’t ain’t in the dictionary Oh, the Brit version of Des Chiffres et des Lettres… the show you (are forced to) watch when you call on grandma Also, I heard that Queen Victoria said “ain’t” regularly (more precisely, “I ain’t”).  If saying “des z-haricots” is valid in French because one (English) Queen made the (faulty) liaison once, “ain’t” can well be added to the English dictionary    Roo

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Re: The Five Most Feared Words - Chickaroo (7376)

[...] I prefer “Is that enough LEGO already?” (Obviously the answer is no!) I’ve watched Countdown way too often and haven’t ain’t in the dictionary :D Roo :) (15 months ago, Mar 6, 2023, to Off Topic)

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Re: The Five Most Feared Words - Chickaroo (7376)

[...] This is so true. I have such fond memories of it always being on the TV in the afternoon when I stayed at my Grandmothers house (to be fair, there was only 4 TV channels). [...] (15 months ago, Mar 6, 2023, to Off Topic)

Re: The Five Most Feared Words - yorbrick (1185)

[...] You have enough LEGO already. The statement is worse than the question. You can at least reply 'No' to the question. (15 months ago, Mar 6, 2023, to Off Topic)

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