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Brian 
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 Topic: Shout Box......Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 6:28pm |
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as normal as a nerd who sails rows and reads Tolstoy (tho my parents are
paying me for it!) could be anyway 
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Black no sugar
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Posted: 07 Mar 05 at 11:27pm |
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You learn Latin, you read Russian classics, that sounds perfectly normal to me. Tolstoy rocks! Which one is your favourite? For pure elegance in the style, try Tourgueniev. If you want the Russian flavour with exquisitely crafted English prose, no one can beat Nabokov. Any other ideas? Spassiba |
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hydrographer20
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Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 7:56am |
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oh i loved latin the most unused languag in he world. tu es caldex
 wana knownwhat that means i think ita the only bit i rememberd
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byte me!- GBR 814
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Matt Jackson
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Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 8:06am |
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You guys aren't doing 'Sailing isn't elitest' argument any good at all
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Black no sugar
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Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 8:09am |
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Nope, it comes naturally...
 
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sailorguy
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Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 8:38am |
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o dear
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Brian
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Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 4:42pm |
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i think u mean tu es caudex, it means u are a blockhead, one of the only
memorable phrases i have learnt so far! Im reading War and Peace at the moment, around p 300. come and join the freemasons my sun we will show u the way pierre: o yes yes please mister! i thought it would be boring but its actually pretty interesting, will be the longest book iv ever read, currently it is the way things were then or somting like that by Trollope. |
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Brian
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Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 4:43pm |
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o yeah my mum is paying me ten euro when iv finished it aswell
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sailorguy
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Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 5:55pm |
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thats one way of getting people to read good books. as if all books aren't good!
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Brian
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Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 6:02pm |
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well there actually isnt much else i can do since i dont hav a tv... must say
it has helped my school results tho
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