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Stunning photos of storms captured perfectly
Perth, Australia
Some very electric pictures.
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Codename: Neon - Real World Multiplayer AR Demo
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Google invests in OS that will put its Assistant on feature phones
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The search for D.B. Cooper - Investigators say they've confirmed skyjacker's identity by decoding long-lost 'confession'
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25 Phrases Americans Say That Other Countries Don't Understand
True?
-Arizona Hot (June 25, 2018, 05:48 PM)
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I wonder if all of these originated in the States:
unfortunately they often dont give info about the origins of the phrases.
Growing up in Ireland in the 70s and 80s, I would have known (or gotten to know at least by the 90s) the following ones:
* ‘Quitting Cold Turkey’
* ‘Take a Raincheck’ -- think I only got to know this one in the later 80s
* ‘Spill the Beans’
* ‘Riding Shotgun’ -- the origin of this unfortunately not properly explained: I know the term well, not sure when it reached .ie
* ‘Piece of Cake’
* ‘More Bang for Your Buck’
* ‘Let’s Go Dutch’
* ‘Jump on the Bandwagon’
* ‘Jonesing’ (1990's for me)
* ‘For the Birds’
* ‘Flake’ (late 80s to 90s for me)
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Cracked iPhone screen_ This 8-legged case promises no more smashed displays
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Microsoft Developing Dual-Screen 'Pocketable' Surface Device
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