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Subject: Re: The tank is chasing the big cat?

Author: eni

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:35:06 03/21/04 Sun In reply to: Maja 's message, "Re: The tank is chasing the big cat?" on 17:20:45 02/22/04 Sun actually, there is a phrase in croatian that does involve tanks and cats (as goran said) and is often used when you want to say a simple "thank you" in english; tenk ju(ri vel'ku maèku) - that's how i learned to say "thank you" in english when i was a kid. you see, the first part of the phrase with the cat and the tank sounds very much like "thank you" in english, and since it's all very funny and there's a cat involved, kids tend to learn it very quickly... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]