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Valued Member
United States
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Won these 3 yesterday at what I consider a fair price for proofs. the dimes were $8.50 shipped, the half was $21.50 Rick    |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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LOL Here in the UK we use the word 'snag' to mean a problem or glitch. I guess it also means 'catch' but in a drawback sense. So I'm glad your 'snag' was a good catch! Nice coins! Hard to imagine we all spoke the same language a few hundred years back, eh?  |
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 United States
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"Hard to imagine we all spoke the same language a few hundred years back, eh?"
Quite so, Mate
It can mean that here too, also a catch as you say.
Cheery O
Rick
Edited by shootnstarz
07/20/2013 1:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Usually in Canada, both meanings are used equally... :(
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe the UK equivalent is a "snaffle?"
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Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Thought that was a fruit drink!
Rick
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United States
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I too was amused by the ambiguity of the thread title here; I think in US English one uses the verb to say "I got something" ("I snagged a bag of rags!") and the noun is used to refer to an impediment (problem, glitch, as Tom says above). In such cases what one usually does is to "hit" or "run into" a snag. Does this potentially completely bogus distinction work in British English? I may be just looking for a linguistic reason for expecting an " ebay Snag" to be a "bug"! |
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United States
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Starting to wish I had chosen a different word, but then we wouldn't be having rainy day fun.
Rick
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 United States
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I wish the rain they predicted would happen here. It's too hot.  Nicely....snagged.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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SsuperDdave-you can have some of our rain. I have has over 17 inches in the last 11 days here in the Deep South.
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United States
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SsuperDdave-you can have some of our rain. I have has over 17 inches in the last 11 days here in the Deep South. Thank you anyway, but now I'm waiting for the rain to end so I can go grab a bite to eat. |
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United States
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I got a nice 1908-S Indian Head cent for forty bucks last night on ebay. We'll see what it looks like in hand. If its as nice as it looks on line it will be a good pick up. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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United States
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Nice, I still need one of those slabs.
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United States
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Winston Churchill said it best.... Speaking about Britts and Americans, he said " a common people separated by a common language."
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