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| clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5177 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi | Message 73 of 74 03 January 2013 at 12:43pm | IP Logged |
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Dutch Wife ダッチワイフ = sensual pleasure doll
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| PistolPete Newbie Scotland Joined 4381 days ago 28 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Italian | Message 74 of 74 04 January 2013 at 8:55pm | IP Logged |
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Not strictly on topic but I thought I'd share this article I found. The comments below the piece are as enlightening as the text itself.
A question: is the phrase a 'turkish briefcase' (meaning carrier bag) actually used in Germany? http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mind-your-language/2013/jan/ 04/mind-your-language-idioms Edited by PistolPete on 04 January 2013 at 8:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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