Re: Umm, Oops

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That's better.

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Is this group going to be known as the URGe?

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No, UGR. The translation is English, the acronym is French, but all discussion will be in Hungarian.

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Nagyon jó!!

ps My hovercraft is full of eels.

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I will not buy this tobacconist; it is scratched.

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Let the record show that I was not the initiator of, nor otherwise involved in, the Monty Python quoting.

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You still had to show off that you knew what the hell they were talking about.

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I figured it was a given.

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Seeing as you quoted the same skit previously, it's certainly a given for you.

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No, UGR … the acronym is French

In French, the acronym would be GLU: Groupe de Lecture Unfogged. Watch yourself, mon cher Chopper. The Académie Française never forgets.

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Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...

and an almost fanatical devotion to the French language....

Our four... no...

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And the acronym is UGR:

Union de Recherche Gaie

Au Puits de Mine.

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The Académie Française never forgets

They're going to remember this.

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Eh?

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I don't think they would appreciate using the English, rather than the French, definite article.

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rather than the French, definite article.

The Freedom definite article. Freedom! Incidentally, the nitwitted Representative from NC who spearheaded the Freedom Fries silliness, Walter Jones, has had rather a change of heart about the wisdom of the Iraq War.

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Just makes you want to give him a big ol' Freedom kiss, doesn't it.

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L'Académie française n'oublie jamais. Est-ce que ça suffit?

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Oui. Merci.

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