Phoenix 97

The famous fruit-chat quiz!
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My guess is 1912
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I'll give answer tomorrow clue it's in 1800s
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1888
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harry2 wrote:1888
No-one calls me Mad Dog.
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It was the ripper year, actually.
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okay, i'll do one:

italian doesn't use J; the only words they have beginning with J are borrowed words like JUDO, JERSEY, JEREZ (sherry) and JACKPOT

but there is one native word in Italian dictionaries beginning with a J.

you all know it but who will be first?
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Juliet?
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nope, they spell it Giulietta
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Juventus :D
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Mogu wins, over to you squire.
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Where would you likely see the abbreviation of Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha ?
"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"
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Is it do with computer games?
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No.
"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"
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We had this one back in Phoenix 45...
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YKK - zips (and no, I didn't trawl the other thread)
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