Dear experts, I'd like to seek your kind response on this expression. I got a mail from a certain native English speaker, and got stuck with this expression. Can any of you help me out? Thanks in advance.
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I got a mail from a certain native English speaker, and got stuck with this expression.
[/nq] The Bluebells were an dance troupe of English showgirls in Paris nightclubs in the 1930s, as famous then as Las Vegas showgirls were 20 years ago.
I am surprised anyone remembers them now.
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[nq:1]. . . I got a mail from a certain native English speaker, and got stuck with this expression. Can any of you help me out?[/nq] The Bluebells were an dance troupe of English showgirls in Paris nightclubs in the 1930s, as famous then as Las Vegas showgirls were 20 years ago. I am surprised anyone remembers them now.
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Early summer late spring flower. Succulent and very beautiful, the swards of this genus grow in deciduous woodlands and set seed before the trees are in full leaf. Also there were some scantily clad dancing troupes called the Bluebell Girls, run by a madame in WW II occupied France IIRC. I believe they went on to become very famous in the last days of Variety -what the Americans called vaudevi
[nq:1]Also there were some scantily clad dancing troupes called the Bluebell Girls, run by a madame in WW II occupied ... Americans called vaudeville. I don't believe they appeared on British TV though as they were considered little more than whores.[/nq] You seem mistaken as to both date and reputation.
[nq:2]Also there were some scantily clad dancing troupes called the ... TV though as they were considered little more than whores.[/nq] [nq:1]You seem mistaken as to both date and reputation.[/nq] Well, he's certainly wrong about reputation as Mme Bluebell (actually an Irishwoman called Margaret Kelly) was a fierce chaperone. But they were founded in Paris in the 30s and have contin
[nq:2]You seem mistaken as to both date and reputation.[/nq] Fortunately the OP would still manage to get the gist of what I was communucting, none the less. One wonder why she or he never contacted the original writer to ask for clarification. [nq:1]Well, he's certainly wrong about reputation[/nq] How so? Where exactly am I in error when I said the following:
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[nq:1]Fortunately the OP would still manage to get the gist of what I was communucting, none the less. One wonder why she or he never contacted the original writer to ask for clarification.[/nq] [nq:2]Well, he's certainly wrong about reputation[/nq] [nq:1]How so? Where exactly am I in error when I said the following:[/nq] You're exactly in error in saying they were considered little mo