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I‘ve said it once and I will say it again, why can‘t everyone just speak English? The Americans give it a bit of a go — why can‘t other nations?

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Louise Rennison
Age: 64 †
Born: 1951
Born: November 11
Died: 2016
Died: February 29
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Comedian
Journalist
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Everyone
Speak
Give
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English
Americans
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Nations

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This is the first day of the rest of my life. So why is my hair sticking up like a cockerel?
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If you fall down those stairs and break both of your legs, don't come running to me!
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The fly in her argument is that when she says, 'they' will feel like lemons, we don't know who 'they' are. And 'they' might BE lemons.
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When uncle Eddie does his impression of 'Like a Virgin' it's like Madonna is coming out of his body!' Christ what an image.
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Your soul shines through even if you haven't got mascara on
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Unbelievable! I said, What would I be doing walking the streets at night as a stuffed olive- gate-crashing cocktail parties?
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Maybe he overreacted a bit. - A bit? That's like Hitler saying, 'Oooh, I just meant to go for a little walk, but then I accidentally invaded Poland.
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At that point Ms Fox came in and said, Hello, carry on as if I am not here. Then she lay down on the floor.
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Here is another marvy glimpse into the gothic basement that I call my mind.
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Dad at breakfast today being very quiet. I notice he is clean shaven. I said to him, Vati, what has happened to the little beaver that used to live on the end of your chin?
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How do you make yourself not like someone?
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Dance of the Sugar Plum Bikey. Yes, that's got a nice ring to it.
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He came over and ruffled my hair, which is technically assault. I could get on the blower to ChildLine.
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Mr. Darcy was in Pride and Prejudice and at first he was all snooty and huffy then he fell in a lake and came out with his shirt all wet. And then we all loved him. In a swoony way.
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I wanted to kill her and make her eat her fringe. And her knickers.
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Still, life carries on. Exams to be examined. Serious things to be thingied.
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I don't want to be rude to the afflicted but Uncle Eddie is bald in a way which is the baldest I have ever seen.
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Out on the moors, The lonely moors, I roll around in sheep poo. Heathcliff, it's youuuuu, I hate you, I love you tooooo. Let me in, I'm here, it's meeeee, Catheeeeeeee. Look out of your windooooow.
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Vaisey looked like a startled earwig.
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Heathcliff. The hero of Wuthering Heights. Although no one knows why. He's mean, moody, and possibly a bit on the pongy side. Cathy loves him, though. She shows this by viciously rejecting him and marrying someone else for a laugh. Still, that is true love on the moors for you.
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