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16 Feb 2022, 5:09 pm

Beautiful example of British naming.


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16 Feb 2022, 5:11 pm

Means 'twice cooked' in French

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16 Feb 2022, 5:14 pm

Wormwood rots the brain, supposedly.


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16 Feb 2022, 6:35 pm

That's really not my style.

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16 Feb 2022, 6:42 pm

That's Gordon's, not mine, guvnor.

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16 Feb 2022, 7:02 pm

Heavy metal without the weight.

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16 Feb 2022, 9:46 pm

That's winter for you, man!

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16 Feb 2022, 9:57 pm

Dihydrogen monoxide flips to heat.

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16 Feb 2022, 10:02 pm

Definitely worth a visit, apparently

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16 Feb 2022, 10:08 pm

Maybe authored at Slain’s Castle.


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16 Feb 2022, 10:10 pm

Between two ages, etymologically speaking

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16 Feb 2022, 10:20 pm

It’s nuanced, origin of words.

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18 Feb 2022, 12:20 am

Living on the literal edge.

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18 Feb 2022, 12:27 am

Close to but not vengeance.

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18 Feb 2022, 11:58 am

Surely that's not a verb?

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18 Feb 2022, 12:02 pm

“Smoke on the Water,” brilliant!


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