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a.spencer3 wrote:
> Mark Wallace <> wrote in message
> news:blm9nj$e4b19$...
>> a.spencer3 wrote:
>>> Yukon Jack <> wrote in message
>>> news:031020032151175389%...
>>>> In article <blea4i$bbhqt$>, Matti
>>>> Lamprhey <matti-> wrote:
>>>>>>> Family tradition gives the 'h' some mobility -- at one time it
>>>>>>> was Lamphrey, and Lamprehy is on the cards for the
>>>>>>> grandchildren if they don't behave themselves.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or are you all just a load of suckers - sounds fishy to me. )
>>>>>
>>>>> Definitely. YJ says you're from Croydon -- I'm from Coulsdon,
>>>>> just down the road.
>>>>>
>>>>> Matti
>>>>>
>>>> No. I think I said that *I* was posted to the IBM (I've Been
>>>> Moved) shop in Croydon. I have no idea where Mr. Surreyman calls
>>>> home. Perhaps the Fox and Firkin (For Fox Sake get me a Firkin
>>>> Pint).
>>>>
>>>
>>> A village near Woking - in which town, believe it or not, one of our
>>> oldest pubs (having gone through the usual stupid modern process of
>>> continually being more and more stupidly renamed) has now ended up
>>> as the Farenheit & Firkin!!!!!!!!!!! No-one has any idea why!
>>
>> I shouldn't be the least bit surprised if that were their spelling,
>> too.
>
> Sorry! (

No problem. We only apply the death penalty for misspelling "banana".

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William Graham wrote:
>
> "Yukon Jack" <> wrote in message
> news:031020032038182644%...
> > In article <blf2ma$bmfh0$>, Vijay Kumar
> > <> wrote:
> > >
> > > Redundancy. La Brea = Tar Pits. Simialr to the Sierra mountain range
> >
> > Right. However, WRT the mountain range, its proper name is the Sierra
> > Nevada (sans mountain range). Thanks for reminding me about that!
> >
> Yes....And there are other tar pits on earth besides the ones at La Brea, (I
> presume) so one must distinguish between them somehow.........

There's more than one Sierra Nevada as well; the original (I presume)
is in Andalucía, just southeast of Granada.

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Odysseus <odysseus1479-> wrote in message
news:...
> William Graham wrote:
> >
> > "Yukon Jack" <> wrote in message
> > news:031020032038182644%...
> > > In article <blf2ma$bmfh0$>, Vijay Kumar
> > > <> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Redundancy. La Brea = Tar Pits. Simialr to the Sierra mountain
range
> > >
> > > Right. However, WRT the mountain range, its proper name is the Sierra
> > > Nevada (sans mountain range). Thanks for reminding me about that!
> > >
> > Yes....And there are other tar pits on earth besides the ones at La
Brea, (I
> > presume) so one must distinguish between them somehow.........
>
> There's more than one Sierra Nevada as well; the original (I presume)
> is in Andalucía, just southeast of Granada.
>

Largest is in Trinidad, isn't it?

Surreyman

On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 10:23:14 +0100, "a.spencer3" <> wrote:

>being more and more stupidly renamed) has now ended up as the Farenheit &
>Firkin!!!!!!!!!!! No-one has any idea why!
>
>Surreyman

I think in circumstances like that it'd be ok for you to borrow the paintball gun
we've got over in alt.quit.smoking.support

Liz

In article <031020032038182644%>,
Yukon Jack <> wrote:
> In article <blf2ma$bmfh0$>, Vijay Kumar
> <> wrote:

> > "Yukon Jack" <> wrote in message
> > news:300920032327578346%...
> > > Quiz: What's wrong with this: "The La Brea Tar Pits"
> > >
> > > Bonus question: How do you pronounce La Jolla?
> > >
> > > -YJ
> >
> > Redundancy. La Brea = Tar Pits. Simialr to the Sierra mountain range

> Right. However, WRT the mountain range, its proper name is the Sierra
> Nevada (sans mountain range). Thanks for reminding me about that!

Ditto River Avon, Pendle Hill, Shahara Desert and Lake Nyasa - amongst many
others.

[Modern technology can beat all for redundancy - I still like the Acorn ARM RISC
Computer = Acorn Acorn RISC Machines RISC Computer = Acorn Acorn Reduced Instruction Set Computer Machines Reduced Instruction Set Computer Computer]

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"John Cartmell" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In article <031020032038182644%>,
> Yukon Jack <> wrote:
> > In article <blf2ma$bmfh0$>, Vijay Kumar
> > <> wrote:
>
> > > "Yukon Jack" <> wrote in message
> > > news:300920032327578346%...
> > > > Quiz: What's wrong with this: "The La Brea Tar Pits"
> > > >
> > > > Bonus question: How do you pronounce La Jolla?
> > > >
> > > > -YJ
> > >
> > > Redundancy. La Brea = Tar Pits. Simialr to the Sierra mountain range
>
> > Right. However, WRT the mountain range, its proper name is the Sierra
> > Nevada (sans mountain range). Thanks for reminding me about that!
>
> Ditto River Avon, Pendle Hill, Shahara Desert and Lake Nyasa - amongst
many
> others.
>
> [Modern technology can beat all for redundancy - I still like the Acorn
ARM RISC
> Computer = Acorn Acorn RISC Machines RISC Computer = Acorn Acorn Reduced
Instruction Set Computer Machines Reduced Instruction Set Computer Computer]
>
> --
> John Cartmell FAX +44 (0)8700-519-527
> Acorn Publisher magazine & FD Games www.acornpublisher.com

Yeah, but what a machine!

In article <>,
says...
> In article <031020032038182644%>,
> Yukon Jack <> wrote:
> > In article <blf2ma$bmfh0$>, Vijay Kumar
> > <> wrote:
>
> > > "Yukon Jack" <> wrote in message
> > > news:300920032327578346%...
> > > > Quiz: What's wrong with this: "The La Brea Tar Pits"
> > > >
> > > > Bonus question: How do you pronounce La Jolla?
> > > >
> > > > -YJ
> > >
> > > Redundancy. La Brea = Tar Pits. Simialr to the Sierra mountain range
>
> > Right. However, WRT the mountain range, its proper name is the Sierra
> > Nevada (sans mountain range). Thanks for reminding me about that!
>
> Ditto River Avon, Pendle Hill, Shahara Desert and Lake Nyasa - amongst many
> others.

This...is coming from someone who comes frm a place that has city names
like...
"Stretton-on-Lancashire-under-Brentwood-over-Hamptonfordtonsquire-
Pullingwankers-about-Wellsley"
Gimme a break asshole.
We may be redundant...but some of YOUR town names a just pure ridiculous!
The Magician

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"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers
exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here...
it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more
bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams

In article <>,
says...
> This...is coming from someone who comes frm a place that has city names
> like...
> "Stretton-on-Lancashire-under-Brentwood-over-Hamptonfordtonsquire-
> Pullingwankers-about-Wellsley"
> Gimme a break asshole.
> We may be redundant...but some of YOUR town names a just pure ridiculous!
> The Magician


'Scuze me...
"Stretton-on-Lancashire-under-Brentwood-over-Hamptonfordtonsquire-
Pullingwankers-about-Wellsley...By-The-Sea"

oops...sorry...being reundant again...wasn't I...?
The Magician

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers
exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here...
it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more
bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams