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"Go preserve a yurt, why don'tcha." <[log in to unmask]>
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Re: Interpretation of Aussie idiom
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Ralph Walter <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:32:03 EST
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In a message dated 12/11/2000 8:09:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< > The biggest tragedy is the loss of the original
 > escalators (diagonal moving staircases - don't know what you call them).

 Hmmm.  Diagonal moving staircases.  How quaint.  I call these "library
 ladders." >>

David,  I mean "david,"

Pay no attention to that little man behind the curtain. He's trying to
confuse you.  We call them "escalators," too.  Does this mean the Brits call
'em something like diagonal moving lifts?

Ralph

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