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For my education, what is the correct way of saying Ioane? Re Morris, does he himself not pronounce it Dow-wee? Not when he was going to school in Crickhowell he wasn’t. He may just have given in. My friend has a son called Lewys, which rhymes with Ferris, at least vowel wise. When he came back fro...

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For my education, what is the correct way of saying Ioane?

Re Morris, does he himself not pronounce it Dow-wee?

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Potential foul play aside, Jonny May is a phenomenal athlete and I think under-rated too. He surely has to at least be in the discussion for best winger in world rugby right now. As long as he doesn't have to use his brain, he's among the most potent wings playing. You can see it all go wrong when ...

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In terms of dangerous play, my pet peeve is players purposely trying to jump over other players to field an up and under (box kick). It’s a win / win strategy. Either you catch the ball safely, and have the ball, or you fall over the other player contesting the ball and dangerously fall on your hea...

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In the first one they won the Battle of Britain after teaching the stodgy Brits how to Dogfight In the second they rescue a nuclear scientist from the Germans but half way through the Russians become the baddies. Good stuff "Taught them how to dogfight" is probably overselling it, but weren't the P...

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Recently saw a couple of Polish war movies on Netflix. Both recent but 50s level propaganda. Classic. Please elaborate? What was/is the Polish view of those things (outside of the obvious our-lads-did-well)? In the first one they won the Battle of Britain after teaching the stodgy Brits how to Dogf...

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Truly fantastic win for India. Up there with the Laxman-led victory after following on against Waugh's Australia in 2001 (at home, but against probably the 1st= greatest side in the history of cricket who were on a run of 16 straight wins), including for the captaincy to go for the win rather than ...

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Truly fantastic win for India. Up there with the Laxman-led victory after following on against Waugh's Australia in 2001 (at home, but against probably the 1st= greatest side in the history of cricket who were on a run of 16 straight wins), including for the captaincy to go for the win rather than s...

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PS. The modern definition has unfortunately but definitely almost inverted to mean having large proportion taken out. Just as has the word literally, because one of my sons told me the other day that he got tackled hard and "literally died". A real pendant peeve of mine...

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I've read a number of texts which argue the original meaning was to starkly reduce, and the actual 10% thing was a later fixation as mathematical thinking increased in society It involved killing 10%. Decimation, in a Roman Legion, meant lining up everyone who was to be punished and counting them o...

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They need to take some accountability themselves , getting better checks after a head knock is good and not once did I say anything about this - it’s the legal threat years later (presumably egged on by ambulance chasers) that I’m against as it affects the whole sport. Those 15 commandments seem se...

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He'll very likely be able to speak Norwegian, given that it only formally diverged from Danish in the 19thC. And I'd be surprised if he could not speak in German too. His Spanish sounds South American (Columbia or below) - I'd be interested to know where he picked that up. He certainly sounded very ...

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AND-y wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:55 am Slough - it just wasn't that amazing really

H
ow can you say that? It has inspired poetry.

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I know people don’t like change but it would be a fantastic achievement if they could do it. Electric cars are absolutely brilliant - quiet, non air polluting, smooth to drive - it would make a fantastic difference to our urban environments. Like the ban on high smoke coal in Dublin in the 1980’s -...

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All you need is packs that want to scrummage. Should make it harder not to scrummage without it being obvious to the ref (and so get penalised for it). Nobody it going to disagree with that, but how? 'cos there would be no hit, and pressure would build gradually as each row binds in so keeps the sc...

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Purely re making scrums quicker and less likely to collapse, what say you all to making a rule that the front rows engage first, then second row, then back row, then ball is fed in straight? Lack of hit and greater stability should get rid of resets while retaining a technical pushing contest. All ...

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Purely re making scrums quicker and less likely to collapse, what say you all to making a rule that the front rows engage first, then second row, then back row, then ball is fed in straight? Lack of hit and greater stability should get rid of resets while retaining a technical pushing contest. All ...

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Purely re making scrums quicker and less likely to collapse, what say you all to making a rule that the front rows engage first, then second row, then back row, then ball is fed in straight?

Lack of hit and greater stability should get rid of resets while retaining a technical pushing contest.

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So for my old area - which is administrative support for global MNC it was about (USD) - entry level. This is between invoicing/billing and low level tech support - but for premium customers. 2nd job / customer service experience. - India - $8k - Philippines - $10k - Beijing - $24k - Sydney - $43 -...

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Yep. It also has to be an international who’s not on duty and has a previous misdemeanour at international level at Man Utd. Have no idea in that situation so I’ll leave Winnie to it. Can't resist. I see Foden got selected :thumbup: F#ck sake lads, seems only Anonymous has figured it out. Is obviou...

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To make this rugby-related, I understood that on B&I Lions tours, the rooming / banding together has tended to be Eng/Ire vs Wales/Scot? When told this, reference was made to the famous "we may be shit but at least we turn up" speech during the Troubles. Could well be an historic thing by now, if n...

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To make this rugby-related, I understood that on B&I Lions tours, the rooming / banding together has tended to be Eng/Ire vs Wales/Scot? When told this, reference was made to the famous "we may be shit but at least we turn up" speech during the Troubles. Could well be an historic thing by now, if no...

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I worked with an English guy once who went up to the bar of a pub we were in in rural Donegal and said "Landlord, can I have 3 pints please?". You could hear a pin drop. Chippy unfriendly rural Irish :thumbdown: If it was reversed , the Irish would be inundated with friendship, laughter, and enquir...

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He’s a Jesus freak is he not? Wouldn’t exactly fit in with Quinnell and the lads on the lash during a lions tour junket Have a feeling JC has filled the space which used be taken by lads on the lash in his life, back in his early Wigan days. I'd've thought being northern, not totally white and a re...

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It was specifically to distinguish him from JPR when they started playing together; both Johns.

Similar to why Wyn was emphasised with AWJ when we first started. His mother complained at the time that he's only ever Alun to her!

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What's happened to Huw Jones? He'd've been nailed into the Lions squad two years ago. Would be very happy with Fagerson and Ritchie in their too at least. And Richie Gray's been playing well again, apparently. He went shit but didn't I hear he went not shit again Is that you agreeing that you'd hea...

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What's happened to Huw Jones? He'd've been nailed into the Lions squad two years ago.

Would be very happy with Fagerson and Ritchie in their too at least. And Richie Gray's been playing well again, apparently.

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England seemed psyched out from right near the start of the final, whether by themselves, the force of the Boks, it doesn't matter. Their body language and facial expressions showed bewilderment at a couple of marginal decisions that went against them (as happens, not a complaint) but not in a good,...

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I think you might have misread my post. Because if what you are saying is correct than you seem to be agreeing that those against basic infection control measure will continue to ignore them. Maybe, but "encouragement" seems to suggest there's an effect of what he says or does on these people? Put ...

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Clutch puts have been talked about in gawlf for ages.

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Why don't you ask some rather than speaking for them. Or read what some of them.actially write. I'm sure they know their own minds and motivations. I have discussed with a number of them in Tenessee where I got the opportunity to meet the most conservative people I have so far in the USA. (I haven'...

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Jack Russell. Looks like one too. Not pretentious, more portentious. Used to know someone called Annette Curtin. Most evil naming I've ever come across was a lad called RI Hardick. Surname's difficult enough to get by with, but when your middle name's Ivor... No idea what his parents were thinking ...

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Jack Russell. Looks like one too. Not pretentious, more portentious. Used to know someone called Annette Curtin. Most evil naming I've ever come across was a lad called RI Hardick. Surname's difficult enough to get by with, but when your middle name's Ivor... No idea what his parents were thinking o...

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Lee Byrne Dwayne Peel Gavin Henson Not meaning to pick on Wales, but as an oppo supporter, once season they have these great players you wish weren't playing, then the next season your wish became and stayed true. Richie Gray Cipriani might qualify - he never got back to world class after his loss o...

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I guess the long game was all that the UK had to play in realistic terms, so it became attractive to see it as an actively positive option. Quite aside from the practical issues with facing up to the PRC, can you imagine what the international view of the UK would have been in reneging on an intern...

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Stokes gone. Good stumping by Butler (?).

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Good article.

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I was going to say that at Test level, Jennings has at least passed muster on slow pitches and against spin. It's normally seam movement or pace that induces his edginess.

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missed it: what happened to Sibley?

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