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Re: American public school answer
Posted by Ron Henry on Mon Nov 11, 2002 01:47:43 PM
In reply top Re: American public school answer posted by bdk on Mon Nov 11, 2002 01:35:37 PM
: So how do you pronounce "Beaulieu"? :-)
If that's a genuine question:
Beaulieu (as in annual auto flea market) = Bewlee :-)
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: : Its pronounced " Beux " as in Faux or Foxe, and is gen
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: : ally used in a singular fashion. Multiple Beaufighters
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: : e called "DeuxBeux" or "duobois" if planespotting in Cal
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: : x. German radio communique traffic intercepted by MI6 n
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: : er did get this quite right. This was pointed out with
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: : eat levity to the Allied Supreme leaders as while there
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: : chnology was good, the Germans, like their Allies the Ja
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: : nese, were poor linguists, and thus would never win. Th
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: : did not explain the American issue however.