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I love the concept of having a "not a comet" list - it's going to get pretty long, pretty quickly! 
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Pardon me .I am a newbie.I stil don't understand you. what are you talking about?
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Go back and read the text from the APOD link.
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Follow the link, and below the pretty picture is an explanation of what you are looking, with historical context.
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th0001 wrote: I am a newbie.I stil don't understand
It can be difficult. A lot like computer programming in that regard.
Don't let yourself worry about such things.
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If you have 1000 mockingbirds and you buy another 1000, do you have a Harper Lee novel?
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Well done, sir. This one took me a couple seconds. I got the book title, but then struggled to figure out the word play. 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Sir Griff,
I am rather worried that you may be making a bird of a feather here...
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You should tweet that one.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Having never read that book, I can safely say what you'd have is 2,000 mockingbirds and a lot of bird poop.
Jeremy Falcon
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With a predator bird nearby there will be a lot of blood as well...
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Or a Hitchcock film.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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I'm missing the Translation/guidline for "non UK Humor experts"  
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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That's only available to people who can spell the word "humour" properly.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: That's only available to people who can spell the word "humour" properly.
So - I guess you didn't get it.
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Just because your country doesn't know how to spell, that doesn't mean you get to force other countries to use your embuggered spellings. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I am delighted to hear you feel "embuggered" !
(pass the K-Y)
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Not me - it's the spelling you 'merkins have embuggered.
And the pronunciation.
And some of the words.
But other than that, you're not too bad at the language we invented.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Well, actually, a revolution was the cause of the split.
We had to gain our independence in order to get rid of that French-style spelling you hug so dearly.
Invented . . . perhaps . . . in a manner of speaking. Then we took hold to finally get it right.
We relegate the frog-language-references to things like a description of greasy deep-fried potatoes.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: We relegate the frog-language-references to things like a description of greasy deep-fried potatoes.
That's only because you took their proper name (chips) and applied it to a completely different potato product (crisps).
And don't even get me started on your versions of "biscuits" and "gravy"!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Potatoes are a new-world vegetable.
Why should one call cookies something silly like biscuits? Ridiculous.
And try this link: [clickity]
Another sticky wicket, eh guv?
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Potatoes are a new-world vegetable.
Which the new-world natives didn't know how to use, until some clever old-world bloke came up with the idea of cooking them.
W∴ Balboos wrote: Why should one call cookies something silly like biscuits?
Cookies are a type of biscuit. What you lot call "biscuits" are actually scones.
W∴ Balboos wrote: And try this link: [clickity]
Apart from the fact that your link's broken, "gravy" is a specific type of sauce, not a blanket term for every type of sauce.
W∴ Balboos wrote: Another sticky wicket, eh guv?
Have you been taking elocution lessons from Dick Van Dyke?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Potato already domesticated in what is now Southern Peru a lot of thousand years ago. Oddly enough, these folks had discovered fire and cooking. They even learned to eat tubers that were otherwise toxic unless adequately cooked.
Scones, so far as I'm concerned, are English slang for a venereal disease.
We do not call all sauces gravy - far from it. Gravy's are a specific class of sauces, typically made from meat, poultry, mushrooms, or some other base. They are typically used on meat and/or potatoes. Unlike for example, "tomato sauce", or dressings.
Dick Van Dyke,* for all his flaws, clearly was the most intelligible British Isles speaker of English to date. Even if he was just acting the part. You'd be well advised to emulate him as you progress towards properly spoken English as is spoken upon this side of the Atlantic.
* Actually - from the variety of BBC shows I've seen - English hasn't been spoken on the British Isles for decades, although I'd wager it's been even a longer absence.
Gotta' Go - so you're welcome to the last word!
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Dick Van Dyke,* for all his flaws, clearly was the most intelligible British Isles speaker of English to date.
In much the same way that James Doohan had the most realistic Scottish accent ever.
W∴ Balboos wrote: Gotta' Go - so you're welcome to the last word!
No, no, old bean - I insist you have it. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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