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- 10-05-2008, 11:20 AM #16Chris BluntGuest
Re: Nokia's Touchscreen Iphone Rival
On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:59:13 +0100, BGN <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:06:34 +0800, Chris Blunt <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Its a generic name originally used to describe a room for heating
>>things, and later for a device for cooking.
>
>I'm terribly sorry to have caused you so much distress. But Hoover
>still stands.
Yup. And "xerox copy" is another good example which you could have
used.
Chris
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- 10-05-2008, 11:20 AM #17Chris BluntGuest
Re: Nokia's Touchscreen Iphone Rival
On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:59:31 +0100, BGN <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 08:25:47 +0100, "BOFH" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>"BGN" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> (or hoover?) which isn't a Hoover. And for stove... A stove was a
>>> heater, but Stove made cookers, so now even if one doesn't have a
>>> Stove branded cooker one will often find people "putting it on the
>>> Stove" when they're not using a water/etc. heater, but a cooker.
>>
>>worked there in my youth, still going strong
>>
>>http://www.stoves.co.uk/
>
>You need to speak to Chris about this, he's quite worried by the whole
>thing.
You're right, I am guilty of taking the discussion totally off-topic.
I've had a little lie-down now and feel better, so I won't mention it
again!
Chris
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