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Sentence #276739

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 sacredceltic sacredceltic October 25, 2010 October 25, 2010 at 4:06:12 PM UTC link Permalink

what does this mean ??

saeb saeb October 25, 2010 October 25, 2010 at 4:17:59 PM UTC link Permalink

apparently it's common among brits, but it might need an 'old-fashioned' tag

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many_Happy_Returns
http://forum.wordreference.com/...ad.php?t=30563

sacredceltic sacredceltic October 25, 2010 October 25, 2010 at 4:33:23 PM UTC link Permalink

interesting. I thought it sounded like some bad translation of Japanese...
It would be easier to distinguish crap from valid sentences if the users who acknowledge this validity would adopt the valid sentences as is recommended by the the contributor's guide.
To me, un-owned sentences without any tag are suspicious...

Thanks!

blay_paul blay_paul November 22, 2010 November 22, 2010 at 12:18:05 PM UTC link Permalink

Old fashioned or formal.

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