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    MagicNakor's Avatar On the Peripheral
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    Well, taciturn has a different tone to it than quiet does. Ostentatious is generally used to describe things, not people (eg: ostentatious furniture).

    /nitpick

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    Last edited by MagicNakor; 09-17-2005 at 04:06 AM.
    things are quiet until hitler decides he'd like to invade russia
    so, he does
    the russians are like "OMG WTF D00DZ, STOP TKING"
    and the germans are still like "omg ph34r n00bz"
    the russians fall back, all the way to moscow
    and then they all begin h4xing, which brings on the russian winter
    the germans are like "wtf, h4x"
    -- WW2 for the l33t

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPaul
    20/20, but I objected to the use of the curly wurly.
    That was a bit of luck, getting the question mark one right.
    Sig Removed...too clever

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    Ohh noo!!! I make dribbles!!!

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    Jon L. Obscene's Avatar Canadain potatoes!!!
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    11/20

    But I got necessary right

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    Surprising, considering English was always one of my worst subjects. I think that was due to the fact that I was generally hell bent on proving the teachers wrong and correcting their spelling.
    Last edited by NikkiD; 09-17-2005 at 01:05 PM.

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    you lot may know the difference between a simile and a metaphor BUT do you know what the effect of the simile or metaphor is ??

    thats what my english teacher is always babbling on about
    Single handedly destroying the NHS from the inside

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    Quote Originally Posted by gemby!
    you lot may know the difference between a simile and a metaphor BUT do you know what the effect of the simile or metaphor is ??

    thats what my english teacher is always babbling on about
    Asking that question is like opening a can of worms.

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    Jon L. Obscene's Avatar Canadain potatoes!!!
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    You mean wriggly?

    Oh and a smilie is one of these ->

    Jonno
    Last edited by Jon L. Obscene; 09-17-2005 at 05:23 PM.

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    Avoid similes like the plague.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cheese
    Avoid similes like the plague.
    Like it!!!

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