>>Hello
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>>I've just been off for the past 2 weeks with a trapped nerve in my neck and, because I just couldn't DO anything I spent a lot of time stuffed with cushions, watching day-time TV (much of it US films and TV series).
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>No Olympics???

Oh I watched the sports in which we had a chance of a medal - Curling - and that takes hours! :-) (I learned that it's mega-big in Canada). The odd skiing and sleigh rides. But it gets a bit boring after a while when you've no-one to stick up for.
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>>I found, to my amusement that "Antartica" is pronounced "Ant-ardica" (The "d" is an approximation of the US "lazy t") which sounds weird, as we say "An-tartica".
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>I don't know about the U.S. but in Canada I *think* we pronounce it Ant-arc-tica. :)


Oops! typo brought on by listening to the pronunciation :-)

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>Off topic... one has to be really careful... if one quickly scans UT messages, one might get the mistaken impression that you are a pain in the neck, but upon closer examination, you HAVE a pain in the neck!

Phna! phna! It's already been done!
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>Hope you feel better.

Thanks