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tony h
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by tony h » Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:58 pm
I am currently an object of more mystery to my youngest grandchildren thanks to this site.
Last week Grandma was asked , "Where have Mummy and Grandpa gone?" The answer: "Mummy has taken Grandpa to meet with a Wizard in Oxford. Here is a photo of him having breakfast at Hogwarts." It was actually at Christ Church where Harry Potter was filmed. Now they are reading things into a photo of me taken working at an owl sanctuary.
So thank you Erik.
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Erik_Kowal
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by Erik_Kowal » Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:41 pm
Thank
you, Tony.
"Did the wizard do any magic, Grandpa?"
- "Yes. He waved a piece of plastic, and his coffee was magically paid for".
Your forehead is now indelibly stamped with the mark of coolness as far as your grandchildren are concerned.
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Bobinwales
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by Bobinwales » Tue Mar 26, 2019 2:05 am
I was in Oxford myself yesterday, a short break to celebrate my birthday. Had we met you would actually have had a coffee with a wizard! What a shame it didn't happen.
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tony h
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by tony h » Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:11 am
That would have been magic.
I would have been delighted to meet you.
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Now there is a thought. I hesitated over the choice of "meet you" or "meet with you".
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Erik_Kowal
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by Erik_Kowal » Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:52 pm
You didn't consider "meet up with you"?
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tony h
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by tony h » Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:03 pm
Erik_Kowal wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:52 pm
You didn't consider "meet up with you"?
I feel I am in azz's territory here!
To my mind:
- meet you - is about meeting the person
- meet with you - suggest that the subject of the discussion, or whatever, is more important than the person.
- meet up with you - seems to prefer that we are already acquainted.
Bobinwales I meant to ask. Do you have some special claim to the title of Wizard? My only claim is the nickname of Dumbledore. I discovered that I had been given that name by my team and that it was after the J.K. Rowling character not after the bee.
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Bobinwales
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by Bobinwales » Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:55 pm
tony h wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:03 pmBobinwales I meant to ask. Do you have some special claim to the title of Wizard? My only claim is the nickname of Dumbledore. I discovered that I had been given that name by my team and that it was after the J.K. Rowling character not after the bee.
Only a Word Wizard as you are yourself Tony. David Porter in Australia summed it all up when he became The Wizard of Oz.
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