Warren,
How do you cope with reaching when you can't spell?
Mike Freeman.
A man and his bike
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Re: A man and his bike
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Re: A man and his bike
Warren,
Or were they just typing errors such as we all make sometimes!
Mike Freeman
Or were they just typing errors such as we all make sometimes!
Mike Freeman
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Re: A man and his bike
You forgot your question mark.
[i]I used to spend a lot of time criticizing Islam on here in the noughties - but things are much better now.[/i]
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Re: A man and his bike
[quote]First loke and aftirward lepe.
[c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 150]
We say‥Loke yer thou lepe, whose literall sence is, doo nothinge sodenly or without avisement.
[1528 W. Tyndale Obedience of Christian Man 130]
He that looketh not before he leapeth, may chaunce to stumble before he sleapeth.
[1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxiv.]
Looke before you leape.
[1621 Burton Anatomy of Melancholy ii. iii.]
Look before you leap is an old proverb. ‥Jack‥had pitched into a small apiary, and had upset two hives of bees.
[1836 Marryat Midshipman Easy I. vi.]
Do you remember the rousing slogan which the Prime Minister gave the voters‥on the eve of the last General Election?‥Look Before You Leap.
[1941 C. Mackenzie Red Tapeworm i.]
Changing horses, love? I should look before you leap.
[1979 D. May Revenger's Comedy ix.][/quote]
[c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 150]
We say‥Loke yer thou lepe, whose literall sence is, doo nothinge sodenly or without avisement.
[1528 W. Tyndale Obedience of Christian Man 130]
He that looketh not before he leapeth, may chaunce to stumble before he sleapeth.
[1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxiv.]
Looke before you leape.
[1621 Burton Anatomy of Melancholy ii. iii.]
Look before you leap is an old proverb. ‥Jack‥had pitched into a small apiary, and had upset two hives of bees.
[1836 Marryat Midshipman Easy I. vi.]
Do you remember the rousing slogan which the Prime Minister gave the voters‥on the eve of the last General Election?‥Look Before You Leap.
[1941 C. Mackenzie Red Tapeworm i.]
Changing horses, love? I should look before you leap.
[1979 D. May Revenger's Comedy ix.][/quote]
[i]I used to spend a lot of time criticizing Islam on here in the noughties - but things are much better now.[/i]
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