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Seiven
05/05/09

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awesome, thank you giz for a truly educational article. I promise to tell someone today my email using "amphora"
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Curves
05/05/09

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This makes me wonder where Tilda ~ got her name.
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Andreas Ventus
05/05/09

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Jesus, you are wrong, Russians call it cabaka, in English it means a female dog.
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92BuickLeSabre
05/05/09

@Andreas Ventus: It's the Southern Slavs that call it "Monkey." The Ukrainians and Russians, go with "dog."

(Also, from the NYT article)
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92BuickLeSabre
05/05/09

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Jesus, you forgot the link to the article:

[thelede.blogs.nytimes.com]

(That of course being a sentence addressed to Mr. Diaz, not an exclamation of frustration.)
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
05/05/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Couldn't it just be a bit of both?

But, as my martial arts instructor once claimed, "Everything is better with a Monkey."

I don't know what he meant by everything, but many things seem improved with a monkey these days.
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