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- Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:07 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Mallett's Mallet
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- Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:44 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Favourite teacher
- Replies: 240
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- Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:29 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Favourite teacher
- Replies: 240
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First time on this website, and the nostalgia is killing me! This particular string will run and run. John Hall Matthews : junior house master Maine A and asst chaplain - I remember watching the first moon landing in his front room, and I will never forget his efforts to stamp out the more invidiou...
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:36 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: "Dobbing around in ze chocolate box..."
- Replies: 40
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- Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:32 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: "Dobbing around in ze chocolate box..."
- Replies: 40
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Re: Ze Chocolate Box
Thinks. Thinks... If it were originally an English expression, it could mean either inevitability (If I fumble about in a box of, say, Maltesers, I know what I will withdraw) or luck-of-the-draw (If I fumble about in a box of Dairy Milk, I could withdraw a sickly chocolate of an unknown variety). P...
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:32 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: "Dobbing around in ze chocolate box..."
- Replies: 40
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I may be bilingual, but this one has me stumped .. can you tell us what the english expression was supposd to mean ? might give me clue to the french ! B. Underwood's Dictionary of Oddities gives the following meaning: to dob (around) v. intr. : to fumble clumsily. Of course, I'm only guessing... B...
- Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:35 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Favourite teacher
- Replies: 240
- Views: 134791
- Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:03 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Favourite teacher
- Replies: 240
- Views: 134791
- Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:50 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Favourite teacher
- Replies: 240
- Views: 134791
First time on this website, and the nostalgia is killing me! This particular string will run and run. John Hall Matthews : junior house master Maine A and asst chaplain - I remember watching the first moon landing in his front room, and I will never forget his efforts to stamp out the more invidious...
- Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:25 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: "Dobbing around in ze chocolate box..."
- Replies: 40
- Views: 9824
"Dobbing around in ze chocolate box..."
I was at CH 69-75. From about 72 there was a French French teacher (if you get my dreeft) called Louis Bardou. His English was technically much better than mine will ever be, but his accent was, well, French I suppose, and his grasp of idiomatic English was occasionally bizarre. I remember him sayin...