paul_vicmar

@paul_vicmar (35)

Spain • Age 58

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Where are you from?

Pokeypie @Pokeypie (193) • Australia 19 Oct 06

Hi im new, thought I would introduce myself. I am from Melbourne Australia. where are you from?

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paul_vicmar I´m from England but currently living in the north of Spain

19 Mar 07

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The peculiarities of the English language.

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 26 Jan 07

A few discussions lately have spoken of the English language. When we read some of the old classics, we are swept upwards by the emotions expressed in words. It is a grand language. On the other hand, English is also full of...

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paul_vicmar Here is a favourite of my father. How do you pronounce the GHOTI? Most people would probably silence the H and pronounce the word GOTI. But the pronunication could be FISH! For example : enouGH - F wOmen - I naTIon - SH Hence FISH

26 Feb 07

Phonetic Pronounciation

rodmac @rodmac (94) 19 Dec 06

How do you pronounce GHOTI?

english language

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paul_vicmar enouGH - F wOmen - I naTIon - SH Therefore FISH.

26 Feb 07

Should the English language update its spelling and grammar?

Scott @callarse1 (4783) • United States 16 Feb 07

Hello! I am a native English speaker (from the USA) and I know there are people out there (from the UK) that say that we from the USA are "raping the English language", so please I do not want to see any such comments like that on...

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paul_vicmar I live and work in Spain. I teach English. One of my classes was horrified when I informed them there was no Real Academy for the English Language. I said there are the people at Oxford University Press who decide what new words are to be added to the Oxford...

25 Feb 07

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Champions League

spr1967 @spr1967 (208) 20 Feb 07

Whos gonna win it. Will it be an English club do you think?

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paul_vicmar It wil be Arsenal as we were so unlucky last year. So yes it will be an English Club but where many foreign players play.

25 Feb 07

Hitler!

abhax123 @abhax123 (1695) • India 20 Feb 07

In the list of leaders and dictators, Adolf Hitler's name appears on the top. The mere mention of his name commands dread and terror. Born in 1889, in Austria, he became the dictator of Germany and founder of Nazi Party. However,...

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paul_vicmar If you read Abert Speer´s book "Inside the Third Reich" you will find out that he wasn´t a great leader at all. Often Hitler made decisions that were contrary to what his advisors were telling him. Albert Speer was Arnaments Minister for the Nazis

24 Feb 07

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my fav. song of pf is division bell and coming back

vedchugh @vedchugh (121) • India 1 Feb 07

whats yours

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paul_vicmar Comfortably Numb. One of the greatest guitar solos ever.

24 Feb 07

AC/DC concert

lordmicch @lordmicch (659) • Italy 3 Jan 07

Have you ever been at a concert of AC/DC? ME never, but i wanna go to the next.

concert

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paul_vicmar Yep I´ve been to an ac/cd concert. And it was just a little bit loud. It was so loud that we wore cotton wool in our ears apart from one of our friends. He was at the front with the other headbangers going crazy. He couldn´t hear anything for a week after

24 Feb 07

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