http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/jesus-of-oxford/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/jesus-of-oxford/comment-page-1/#comment-147942 mollymooly Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:49:30 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2255#comment-147942 70s comedy moment with Richard O'Sullivan: -Your tie: is it Christ's? -...erm... no, it's mine. 70s comedy moment with Richard O’Sullivan:
-Your tie: is it Christ’s?
-…erm… no, it’s mine.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/jesus-of-oxford/comment-page-1/#comment-147825 Syntax Snippet Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:59:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2255#comment-147825 i still think it odd that the college owns a lingerie store... what a conversation! i still think it odd that the college owns a lingerie store…
what a conversation!

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/jesus-of-oxford/comment-page-1/#comment-147794 Virtual Linguist Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:11:32 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2255#comment-147794 My daughter graduated this year from St Edmund Hall, Oxford (called Teddy Hall by the Teddies, the students of the college). I couldn't understand her conversations either: the scout is the cleaner, battels are charges for meals and accommodation, sub fusc is formal dress you have to wear when taking exams, collections are exams. My daughter graduated this year from St Edmund Hall, Oxford (called Teddy Hall by the Teddies, the students of the college). I couldn’t understand her conversations either: the scout is the cleaner, battels are charges for meals and accommodation, sub fusc is formal dress you have to wear when taking exams, collections are exams.

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