On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:50:37 -0500, Adira <adiradavisnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Mark Morrison <blank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:48:07 -0500, Adira <adiradavisnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Mark Morrison <blank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:15:30 GMT, "Conan Kelly"
>>>> <CTBarbarinNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>>Watching Dr Who the other night, the Doctor said something like
>>>>>"you've been watching too much TV".
>>>>>
>>>>>I thought you all said "telly" only. Do you use "TV" also?
>>>>>
>>>>>I guess this is a stupid question. It was a line in a British show.
>>>>>I can't imagine that they would throw something in like that for us
>US
>>>>>English speakers.
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't watch alot of British TV/movies/etc, so I don't have much to
>>>>>compare to.
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you guys use the 2 words interchangeably, or do you them in
>certain
>>>>>situations? Would the following 2 sentences make sense:
>>>>>
>>>>>"you've been watching too much TV"
>>>>>"you've been watching too much telly"
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for any help anyone can provide,
>>>>>
>>>>>Conan Kelly
>>>>
>>>> Telly was generally kid's slang - I don't hear it that often anymore
>>>> from some reason.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Wow you finally grew up? I am shocked.
>>
>> I no longer hang around with kids (that I'm not related to, anyway).
>>
>> I'm not counting the young ones at work, either.
>>
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>You don't try to lead them into temptation?? And it's not like you're
>old you know.
Yes I am, you just don't want to admit it because you're even older
than I am !!!
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