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From: Jason

Date: 6/14/97 4:00AM

Subject: The Soundtrack

 

Hello All,

 

First, IM only doing the first 8 tracks (the one in the movie) They

are all zipped and about 1 meg each. I will be posting them to the

newsgroup, and you may download them at your leisure. The remaining 4 (the

instrumentals) will be made tomorrow. I am not doing the tracks that were

not in the movie. I hope this helps!

 

Jason

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From: Jason

Date: 6/14/97 5:50AM

Subject: SORRY SORRY SORRY!!!!!

 

What A mess I made on the newsgroup tonight! I really messed up people, I

am so sorry. I cannot, for the life of me make it send a file. Anyone know

how to do this? I use Internet News. Please help me! And again, I am so

sorry!

 

Jason

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From: Andi

Date: 6/14/97 6:16AM

Subject: hello everyone

 

Hi folks!

 

Just thought I'd say a quick hello, new to the list and looking forward to

reading everyone's contributions and thoughts.

 

I'll only lurk for a while, then you probably won't be able to get me to

shut up! :-)))))

 

Love

Andi (aka Hinky)

xxxx

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From: Spank

Date: 6/14/97 9:16AM

Subject: BT Website

 

Help! I've lost the Beautiful Thing website address...and I've only looked

around it once.

 

Could someone post the address?

 

Beautiful Thing Fan

Brisbane, Australia

 

PS: It's out on video here next week...can't wait!

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From: Todd

Date: 6/14/97 10:00AM

Subject: Re: BT Website

 

Here you go. Make sure you add it to your bookmarks. Davie updates the

pages quite frequently. :-)

 

Todd

 

----------

> From: Spank

> Subject: BT Website

> Date: Saturday, June 14, 1997 9:16 AM

>

> Help! I've lost the Beautiful Thing website address...and I've only

looked

> around it once.

>

> Could someone post the address?

>

> Beautiful Thing Fan

> Brisbane, Australia

>

> PS: It's out on video here next week...can't wait!

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From: Mike

Date: 6/14/97 11:09AM

Subject: Re: BT Website

 

At 11:16 PM +1000 6/14/97, Spank  wrote:

>Help! I've lost the Beautiful Thing website address...and I've only looked

>around it once.

>

>Could someone post the address?

>

 

 

Mike

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From: Bruce

Date: 6/14/97 2:20PM

Subject: Re: IRC Channel

 

 

>For best DALnet connection, connect to irc.dal.net at Port 7000

>then /join #Beautiful-Thing

>It's there all right, although sometimes no _one_ is there.

 

 

And if you merely want to see who is in there, you can type

/names #Beautiful-Thing

and it will tell you who is in the channel at that moment.

As Gary said, sometimes there is no one in there.

 

cheers,

 

Bruce

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From: mesocyclone

Date: 6/15/97 6:58PM

Subject: movie poster?

 

does anyone know where I could get some cool BT stuff? Like movie

posters or t-shirts or anything? Stuff like what's on the web site?

Please?

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From: Kevin

Date: 6/15/97 11:54PM

Subject: Re: movie poster?

 

I don't know about where to get the merchandise, but I am trying to put

together a BT theme package (with icons, sounds, etc.) and I am looking

for some .wav files - if anyone can send them to me (I am doing this for

my own personal usage at this point - but if it doesn't break any

copyright infringements, I'd be happy to share it with everyone when I'm

done!?!) - please e-mail me if you have .wav's to share ->

Thanks,

Kevin

 

 

Beautiful-Thing wrote:

>

> does anyone know where I could get some cool BT stuff? Like movie

> posters or t-shirts or anything? Stuff like what's on the web site?

> Please?

>

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From: David

Date: 6/16/97 6:49AM

Subject: Merchandise & Sampled Sound

 

***Merchandise***

For those who aren't aware, I have been negotiating with Film Four to

obtain the global Merchandising rights. The illustrations on the

Merchandise pages of the web site were created recently to give you an

idea of what will be available.

 

What will be available?

T-shirts, original UK movie poster, Baseball cap, Boxer shorts,

Car-window sticker, A4 prints, Postcards, Mug, Pen.

 

The first sample T-shirt was made on Friday, in time for the 1st

anniversary meet in London. Response was good and the design will be

used.

 

When?

Once Film Four and I reach agreement I will put in place a credit

card, telephone, fax, mail - order system.

 

***Sampled sounds***

Copyright exists in the sound-track, meaning you do not have the right

to copy without obtaining permission.

 

As part of the arrangement with Film Four I have that permission, and

along with Jason Ruddy in California, have been working on a set of

sampled sounds from the movie sound-track.

 

You can hear some of these already on the Sound Clips page of the web

site. They are encoded in RealAudio format for copyright protection

and to fit bandwidth limitations.

 

We hope a MS Windows 95 sound scheme will be made available at the

time the Merchandise is released. Other formats will be supported.

 

Regards, Davie

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From: Fontenot

Date: 6/16/97 9:13AM

Subject: Bang on!

 

Hi-hi everyone,

 

I'm ecstatic that I made on to this email list (the first time I tried,

somehow it didn't work and I was devastated)!! I'm so in love with this

film and it is, without a doubt, the best film that I have ever had the

privelege to view. I've seen it about 8 times in five days and I'm now

in the feeling-ten-different-emotions-at-once state when I watch the

film or think of it (which is very often). I want to thank David Moody

for this fabulous site (I knew there had to be others like me out

there!); it has provided me with a wealth of info about the film.

There is not much life here in Lafayette, Louisiana USA, to say the

least. The film made me long for the youth and innocence in the eyes of

the young couple, and I can only wish for the kind of relationship Jamie

had with his mother. I'm really lonely now, mostly because my best (and

the only one I can relate to) friend is in Europe studying for a

semester abroad. She's already gotten to see David Bowie (one of my

idols) in Paris recently, and she'll be in London on July 6th where

she'll probably meet Johnathan, Tameka, Glen, and Scott!!! I'm living

vicariously through her stories of these events, but it's not enough.

I WANT TO BE THERE!!!! Oh, well, I can always dream....

I'm looking forward to chatting with anyone and everyone about the film

or whatever. My friend Nancy's name is on my email address (she's the

one over where you guys are), but it's ME ME ME who you'll be talking

to!

 

 

Love,

 

David

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From: David

Date: 6/16/97 10:23AM

Subject: News-group charter

 

The news-group was officially created at 01:32:16 on 9th June 1997.

 

Please read the rest of this article carefully, and switch to using

the news-group instead of the email list for discussions as soon as

possible.

 

I will post my articles to both for those of you that cannot receive

the news-group. To the people receiving both, I apologise for the

duplicates you will see if you subscribe to both. The list should be

used when the matter is personal or private, and you don't wish it be

publically available..

 

Charter:

Discussion and news surrounding the movie Beautiful Thing, the

original stage play, video, music, producers, writer, director,

actors. it's effect on thousands of fans around the world. Meeting

place where fans can exchange views.

 

You will see some posts to the news-group which are made by people not

actually subscribed to it - so don't post articles about off-topic

posts to the group, write an email to the person instead, asking them

to observe the group charter.

 

In the same way you will see what is called SPAM - postings unrelated

to the group that are sent to hundreds or thousands of groups at the

same time. Don't get worked up over them, just delete them.

 

Do not post binary file attachments to the group. It's not in the

group charter, and it might cause some news-admins to refuse to carry

it.

 

This brings me to the Copyright issue. You should not post any

intellectual property unless you have specfic clearance from the owner

to use it. That includes recordings of audio and video, lyrics from

songs, the words from the plays, images used in packaging and

marketing the movie, and associated items.

 

It is acceptable to quote selectively, providing you make it clear who

the author is, and where you sourced the material.

 

For example:

 

Jamie said to Ste Sandra in scene 86 of the movie, "Well, it doesn't

mean I'm gay. They wanna mind their own business"

 

Beautiful Thing screenplay, Copyright 1996 Jonathan Harvey.

 

 

Regards, Davie

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From: Simon

Date: 6/16/97 11:39AM

Subject: Newsgroup

 

Am I on the wrong group? (alt.movies.beautiful-thing.) There don't seem to

be any relevant aticles posted - they all seem to belong elsewhere (a major

problem with newsgroups in general IMHO and one reason I rarely use them).

 

Simon.

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From: Manuel

Date: 6/16/97 11:12PM

Subject: Vienna, Austria - screening of BT

 

ONE MORE CHANCE TO WATCH THE MOVIE !!!

 

On Friday, June 20, I will see Beautiful Thing again after THREE month

of abstinence. There is a special screening and I am really looking

forward to it.

 

Is there anybody out there in or around Vienna?

(I don't think so, but nontheless, if anybody has the possibility to go

to Vienna this weekend:

"Please, mail me or - better - visit the movie with me." :)

 

Where are all the Austrian Beautiful Thing fans? I can't imagine I am

the only one...

)

 

CU,

Manuel.

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From: Fontenot

Date: 6/16/97 11:16PM

Subject: HELP!!!

 

Beautiful Things,

 

I simply MUST get to London on July 6th and meet my best friend

who is already there now and go to the screening for London Pride 97,

but there is one teensy little problem. We're oceans apart. I live in

Louisiana, a dank, dark, murky little coastal state here in the United

States and I hate it, HATE IT, HATE IT!!!!! I want to go to this event

so very badly (the film means so much to me; it has changed my life; I

must express thanks) and I want to leave here forever. However, I'm

only a 20 year-old college dropout (well, let's just say I'm on

holiday!) who works in a corporate music store and can scarcely afford

to eat much less fly across the seas to be with you all. Rather than

risk emotional suicide by trying to explain things to my parents (my

only possible source for any extra money whatsoever), I though I would

ask all of you wonderful people for any suggestions you may have. I

need a dirt cheap flight. Once I get to London, my best friend Nancy

will already be there, so I can live off her Daddy's credit card, just

as she has been doing for her month vacation so far (she has a nice

daddy, unlike me). I feel so strongly connected with this film and

I've just got to be there to tell Johnathan "Thanks!" and "You're

fierce!". I'm sure if Nancy was here with me she's say I was obsessing,

but I just can't stay here any longer, especially with all this great

fun to be had in London!!! "Beautiful Thing" has helped me in so many

ways already; maybe it will help me to conjure up the courage and

scrounge up some kind of arrangement to leave this buck (that means bad)

place and start living!!! Oh, I'm just daydreaming, don't mind me!

Thanks for listening. I love you all. Anyone who has been touched by

this film, please, I want to speak with you!

 

 

See ya

(I wouldn't wanna be ya),

 

David

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To: Beautiful Thing Email List

Date: 6/17/97 8:14AM

Subject: Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHIK!!

 

Hi everybody....

 

 

Thanks to everyone who congratulated me on my b-day. It's good to know

that some people out there care. And especially thanks to Sandra. I've

been reading her posts all along and I just have to admit that you seem

to be a very special und unique person to me. BTW, I didn't get any

presents at all but that OK for me. My parents never gave me any

presents neither on my b-day nor christmas. And I'm glad about it. Not

the presents count (at least not the tangible ones) but the person who

share the day with me. Unfortunately Matija wasn't there to join my day.

But that's OK, too. I can't always get what my heart desires.

Uhmm....I better stop now. I'm in this kind of Internet access point

where they charge you money for using the net since my parents cut off

my phone for using it tooooo long :)

 

See ya later,

 

 

 

Michael

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From: Todd

Date: 6/17/97 9:37AM

Subject: newsgroup

 

Is anyone having any luck with the newsgroup? Just curious because I

still can't get any recent posts (except those off the subject).

 

Todd

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From: Jeff

Date: 6/17/97 9:41AM

Subject: Re: Pucker?

 

Since I still do not have access to the newsgroup, I will continue to spout

my BT rantings and ravings via the list.

 

Ste pronounces it pucker. And the play and screenplay have it that way. But

it's pukka... and it's on the translation list as "being of genuine

quality," etc.

 

Jeff

 

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> From: Rick

> Subject: Pucker?

> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 1997 2:33 p.m.

>

> I've checked out two BT phrase translation lists on the web, but

> neither one discusses the following mystery:

>

> Ste: "I'm all right. I'm pucker. Everything... everything's pucker."

>

> Insight, please?

> __________________________

>

> Rick

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From: Rick

Date: 6/17/97 10:33AM

Subject: Pucker?

 

I've checked out two BT phrase translation lists on the web, but

neither one discusses the following mystery:

 

Ste: "I'm all right. I'm pucker. Everything... everything's pucker."

 

Insight, please?

__________________________

 

Rick

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From: "Brod,

Date: 6/17/97 11:32AM

Subject: To: David (I apologize to all for not writing directly, but you gave no email ddress)

 

David ,

 

Yes, I'd say you are just a bit obsessive... well, at least

a bit overly intense. Not that I have had the undoubtably

depressing experience of living in Louisiana, but still...

 

Anyway, for whatever reason, I felt the desire to write

you. My name is Brandon.... I am 22 years old. I am about

to graduate from James Madison University in Virginia and

then move home to Richmond, VA for a year before graduate

school. "Beautiful Thing" is one of my favorite films.... I

think Ste is particularly adorable.

 

Sorry that I do not have any ideas as to how to finance

your trip. If I hadn't maxed out my credit card (and nearly

maxed out my mothers, as well - and she doesn't know this

yet) then I might be tempted to fly there myself. Then

again, if I get real lucky and get lots of money for

graduation, a trip to England is high on my priority list.

 

If you are at all interested in a pen pal (well, e-mail

pal), write back. Otherwise (and even still), best of luck

in getting across the lake...

 

brandon

 

PS- Since I ended up sending this to the whole list (again,

I apologize) if anyone else wants to write, please do.

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From: John

Date: 6/17/97 12:05PM

Subject: Re: HELP!!!

 

I must say that I too have been overcome with the very powerful urge to

cross the Atlantic and experience London. Beautiful Thing affected me in

many ways. I feel a bit more at peace with who I am and where I'm going

thanks to this quiet, funny, honest, and romantic film. But on another

level, I have rediscovered something that I lost a long time ago- since

I was a young child, I have felt an inexplicable affinity for all things

British.

 

When I was a kid, I was certain that I was a Brit trapped in the body of an

American. I think that Beautiful Thing reawakened that part of me, and since

I watched it, I haven't been able to stop thinking about going there. (Note

to anyone who attended the BT first anniversary tour of the locations,

please let the rest of us know what it was like to visit the Glouchester.)

I'm a 21-year-old college student who has never been outside of America,

and I'm not entirely sure how I'll handle traveling through Britain on my

own, but I'm going to make it there. (When I will go, how I will pay for

it, and where I will stay are still unanswered questions.)

If anybody on the list knows of a very inexpensive way to travel from the

US to the UK, please let me and all the other misplaced Brits know about it.

 

Thanks,

_________________

 

John

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From: Keith

Date: 6/17/97 12:56PM

Subject: newsgroup -Reply

 

Todd,

 

I can't say I having any luck either. All I see is the old stuff, mostly off subject,

too. It's harder to check the newsgroup, too. My email is always active, so I see

the messages asap. But because of our firewall, I have to log into Compuserve

to see the newsgroup, which I can only day once or twice a day, and then it usually crawls.

 

I miss the on-going back and forth of email.....

 

Keith

 

>>> Todd > 06/17/97 08:37am >>>

Is anyone having any luck with the newsgroup? Just curious because I

still can't get any recent posts (except those off the subject).

 

Todd

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From: Simon

Date: 6/17/97 12:59PM

Subject: Re: Pucker

 

Actually "pukka" - a word of Indian origin (ie India, not American Indian)

which found it's way into English from the British Raj. Used to mean "great"

"fine" or "wonderful."

 

Hope this helps,

 

Simon.

 

Oh yes, and it's "everyfink" - takes me back to my youth in Buckinghamshire! :)

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From: Jim

Date: 6/17/97 1:18PM

Subject: Re: newsgroup

 

> Is anyone having any luck with the newsgroup? Just curious because I

> still can't get any recent posts (except those off the subject).

 

I'm seeing the same thing. There's only one subject, and it's only

mentioned BT once, in sort of an off-hand way, as if the writer didn't

even know he was posting to a BT newsgroup. Is there any possibility

that we're seeing another group's feed? I don't know enough to know

whether that kind of thing can even happen...

 

Jim

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From: <jmcs

Date: 6/17/97 2:08PM

Subject: Re: Pucker?

 

At 07:33 17/06/97 -0700, you wrote:

>I've checked out two BT phrase translation lists on the web, but

>neither one discusses the following mystery:

>

>Ste: "I'm all right. I'm pucker. Everything... everything's pucker."

>

>Insight, please?

 

Yes, that was also the first time I heard of the word. The Spanish

translation was somethig like "I'm all right. I feel great. Everything...

everything's great."

Well, the Spanish words were a little stronger and I guess 'pucker' is

stronger than 'great'. If any of you speaks Spanish, the EXACT words were:

"Estoy bien, de puta madre. Todo... todo está de puta madre."

 

Which reminds me of a doubt I still have, when Ste bangs on Rose's door to

tell Leah to turn the music down, Jamie's words are: "At a boy, Ste". The

Spanish dubbing says: "Well done, Ste". Is that correct? What's the exact

meaning?

 

Take care.

 

 

Sandra.

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From: Todd

Date: 6/17/97 2:13PM

Subject: newsgroup

 

I have found a public news server that carries the group. It does not

have any messages posted in it yet, but at least they have the group. The

address is: news.HTWM.De

Hopefully it will be updated regularly and I won't miss out on the

discussions.

 

Todd

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From: <jmcs

Date: 6/17/97 2:27PM

Subject: Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHIK!!

 

At 14:14 17/06/97 +0200, you wrote:

>Hi everybody....

>

>

>Thanks to everyone who congratulated me on my b-day. It's good to know

>that some people out there care. And especially thanks to Sandra. I've

>been reading her posts all along and I just have to admit that you seem

>to be a very special und unique person to me. BTW, I didn't get any

>presents at all but that OK for me. My parents never gave me any

>presents neither on my b-day nor christmas. And I'm glad about it. Not

>the presents count (at least not the tangible ones) but the person who

>share the day with me. Unfortunately Matija wasn't there to join my day.

>But that's OK, too. I can't always get what my heart desires.

>Uhmm....I better stop now. I'm in this kind of Internet access point

>where they charge you money for using the net since my parents cut off

>my phone for using it tooooo long :)

>

>See ya later,

>

>

>

> Michael

>

 

Thank you very much. It's one of the nicest things I've ever heard from anyone.

But all of us are unique. When I feel down or I consider my life is

worthless I try to remember that I'm unique. Consider: there are thousands

of millions of people on this planet, billions of stars in this galaxy and

millions of galaxies in the universe, but in this universe each of us is

unique and irreplaceable. We may feel insignificant, unloved and alone, but

we must remember that we are unique and there will never be another person

like us. It's somehow comforting, to know that even if I'm a nuisance, I'm a

UNIQUE nuisance.

 

Metaphysical, innit? But also true.

 

 

Take care.

 

 

Sandra.

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From: mesocyclone

Date: 6/17/97 2:29PM

Subject: Re: Pucker?

 

Insight? Sure. He isn't saying pucker, he's saying Pukka, which as

the translation site says is a Hindi-Anglo word meaning everything's

great (or something like that).....

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From: mesocyclone

Date: 6/17/97 2:50PM

Subject: Another misplaced brit?

 

Boy, there seem to be a lot of us out here.

Jot me down as another American who feels like a misplaced Brit. I

have always had a great affinity and fondness for all things British.

Music, movies, cars (how could you not like the Mini?), the lang (the

British, IMHO, have a much better grasp on the language than us

Americans). I've been a bit more fortunate than most, however, in that I

have relatives over there and have been able to visit. It is a truly

marvelous place. I encourage everyone who has a chance to go visit. I'm

currently trying to find a way over there myself (the BBC has no

internships, just unpaid work experience), so if anyone knows of any

exchange programs for college students that are reasonable or

anything....drop me a line.

 

And to Brandon -- woo hoo! A fellow Richmonder! I just moved from there

(currently attending Arizona State U in Phoenix). A wonderful place to

live. One of the friendliest places I've ever been. Next best thing to

England, if you're on a budget (well, Richmond and New England....).

 

 

Ciao everyone!

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From: Gavin

Date: 6/17/97 4:33PM

Subject: Re: Pucker?

 

At 07:33 6/17/97 -0700, Rick  wrote:

>I've checked out two BT phrase translation lists on the web, but

>neither one discusses the following mystery:

>

>Ste: "I'm all right. I'm pucker. Everything... everything's pucker."

>

>Insight, please?

 

Jon Harvey spells it as he says it. You'll find the correct entry in the

dictionary under 'Pukka'. It means 'genuine' or 'authentic'.

 

Gav.

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From: Kevin

Date: 6/17/97 5:29PM

Subject: Re: newsgroup -Reply

 

> I miss the on-going back and forth of email.....

>

> Keith

>

DITTO!!!

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From: Fontenot

Date: 6/17/97 7:00PM

Subject: Re: HELP!!!

 

 

John,

 

Thank you very much for writing. It's great to know there are others

who feel the way I do. I've always wanted to go also (at one point I almost

did with two friends, but they both gave up the prospect and I spent all the

money I saved for the ticket on other escapes), and this is certainly a better

time than ever! Someone once told me that they were able to fly to Ireland for

$200 through a travel agent, so I'm going to see if they can do something for

me as well. Maybe I can fly somewhere near London for a cheaper rate. I don't

know; maybe I've gone silly-silly! Maybe we could get jobs as couriers. Don't

they travel for free? Oh, by the by, which college are you at? Maybe you

don't have to fly as far as I do! This daydream is driving me crazy. I want toget

educated in London, NOT in the Southern United States. Oh, well, dream,

dream, dream.....

Please do write back!

 

David

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From: Mr J J

Date: 6/17/97 7:04PM

Subject: Re: Pucker?

 

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 jmcs wrote:

 

> At 07:33 17/06/97 -0700, you wrote:

> >I've checked out two BT phrase translation lists on the web, but

> >neither one discusses the following mystery:

> >

> >Ste: "I'm all right. I'm pucker. Everything... everything's pucker."

> >

> >Insight, please?

>

> Yes, that was also the first time I heard of the word. The Spanish

> translation was somethig like "I'm all right. I feel great. Everything...

> everything's great."

> Well, the Spanish words were a little stronger and I guess 'pucker' is

> stronger than 'great'. If any of you speaks Spanish, the EXACT words were:

> "Estoy bien, de puta madre. Todo... todo está de puta madre."

>

> Which reminds me of a doubt I still have, when Ste bangs on Rose's door to

> tell Leah to turn the music down, Jamie's words are: "At a boy, Ste". The

> Spanish dubbing says: "Well done, Ste". Is that correct? Whatÿs the exact

> meaning?

>

 

 

It's probably more like "go for it Ste"

 

Joe

 

 

> Take care.

>

>

> Sandra.

>

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From: Fontenot

Date: 6/17/97 7:05PM

Subject: Re: To: David Savoy (I apologize to all for not writing directly, but you gave no email ddress)

 

 

Hey-hey Brandon,

 

Thanks for writing. Um, I have absolutely NO time right at this

moment (I have to go to work in 5 minutes), but I will write more later-

I PROMISE!!! Sorry about the legnth!

 

 

 

David

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From: Fontenot

Date: 6/17/97 7:13PM

Subject: Re: Pucker?

 

 

Hey Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrickie!

 

 

I found this for you:

 

"PUKKA" is a word of Anglo-Indian (Hindi) origin. Defined by the Concise Oxford

Dict as "genuine;of good quality; reliable;of full weight".

 

 

You've probably already gotten several replies, but just thought I'd chime in

regardless in case you hadn't found out yet. Isn't it a cute word (well,

maybe it's Scott Neal's pronunciation that does it!)?

 

David

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From: <Jody

Date: 6/17/97 7:13PM

Subject: Re: HELP!!!

 

 

David...

 

Check your local paper for any companies that advertise courier rates. They

are much lower than regular commercial rates and may be in a price range you

can afford. Also, check around and try to find an office of STA Travel, an

international service devoted to helping students travel. They also have some

great deals on flights.

 

Jody

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