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  • Paris is always _très gai, veritablement gai_; but London is _toujours faux gai_ -- you see it is always fo-gay. "

    Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892 Various

  • ‘Ask it to play you Marin gai melod anide’ he spoke in the choppy language he used to the machine ‘and you can hear more, if you like.’

    “Marin was also the one - emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson 2001

  • Cilantro can substitute for ngo gai, which is also called saw-leaf or coarse coriander.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • Pork, chicken, beef, shrimp, squid, mussels with a vegetable that I believe is called gai lan very quickly braised in a sauce made from a Yellow Bean Thai condiment, a bit of oyster sauce, some golden mountain sauce and fish sauce.

    madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2003

  • The Wise Ones walked just like all the other Aiel, including those strange, white-robed men and women Rhuarc called gai'shain, who led their packhorses.

    The Shadow Rising Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1992

  • Just putting in some humor and making the day a bit more "gai".

    Carte de Fidelite - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Today, more-filling dim sum, such as gai kou dai bao (chicken meatball over a large white bun), are dinosaurs on the menu.

    The Heart of Dim Sum Amy Ma 2010

  • Among the great again was seen the ever-favored yet not "gai"

    James Fenimore Cooper 1901

  • I used to turn Sephardic every Pesach, because I’m a really poor cook, and one of the only things I can cook is a Chinese dish called gai ding chicken with rice, and so that was what I served my friends at second seder every year.

    Ashkephardic | Jewschool 2004

  • Here is the link to N'gai's response to my previous video post ...

    davidjaffe.biz 2009

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