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@StryderNotavi @stilgherrian Was this the inspiration for Major Major Major Major?
Ah, no, I think it is later than Catch 22. Perhaps the inspiration went the other way.
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NW England, we would take a letter to the post office or put it in a postbox. It would be delivered by a postman/postwoman (postie), and put into your letter box. We might say "It will come by mail," or "Is there any mail?" but I would expect to hear "It will come by post," or "Is there any post?" much more often.
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Sehr schön :)
Der Sprung ist wahrscheinlich das Einfachste, doch würde ich eventuell auch versuchen die rechte Ferse um die Ecke zu haken. Noch scarier?
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@peterrowlett 9 and 12 are common multiples of 3; 4 and 8 are common multiples of 4. They are on the clock, they turn up all the time.
I can imagine myself, at 10, thinking that was absolutely what they meant and being mortified when it turned out they wanted something else.
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'Your uncle is disposed to be pleased with you in every respect; and I only wish you would talk to him more. You are one of those who are too silent in the evening circle.'
'But I do talk to him more than I used. I am sure I do. Did not you hear me ask him about the slave-trade last night?'
'I did-and was in hopes the question would be followed up by others. It would have pleased your uncle to be inquired of farther.'
'And I longed to do it-but there was such a dead silence! And while my cousins were sitting by without speaking a word, or seeming at all interested in the subject, I did not like- I thought it would appear as if I wanted to set myself off at their expense, by shewing a curiosity and pleasure in his information which he must wish his own daughters to feel.'