Re: Competing unions [was: Re: Native English]
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- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:13:05 +0000
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In message <a51i12do6oauduiifscm5hjnk1t71cehfj@xxxxxxx>, Bob Cunningham <exw6sxq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
A Quonset hut, in case anyone is wondering,
starts at the ground on one side and has a continuous arc
until it reaches the ground on the other side.
Ah, yes. Nissen huts. Although not named after a Jap. The COD/11 describes them as being made of corrugated iron. I despair of the COD. Corrugated _steel_!
--
James Follett. Novelist. (G1LXP) Christianity is like an old
glove kept on a radiator; always there and warm and comfortable when
you need it. Islam is much the same but there's a grenade ring-pull
on each finger.
.
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