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RE: Huh?
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Actually yes. I had Toad in the Hole the day before yesterday. Richard English...
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January 01, 2003 12:44
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The story, as I heard it, was that a certain car manufacturer gave away a free record with each new ......
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January 01, 2003 04:31
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In fact, those references give "curricula" as the preferred plural with "curriculums" as an alternat......
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January 01, 2003 03:59
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Limerick is, indeed, in Ireland. The origin of the limerick is uncertain, but one theory is that it ......
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December 31, 2002 09:38
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Was that the record that was given free with every new Oldsmobile? Or am I thinking of a different o......
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December 31, 2002 01:19
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I didn't realise that the French used the Limerick form; I had always assumed that its verbal eccent......
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December 31, 2002 01:13
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I'm glad about that since, as all style books agree, there is no difference between UK and US use. T......
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December 30, 2002 09:17
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Having checked the site referred to I find the matter resolved. The quotation CJ made was incomplet......
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December 29, 2002 04:23
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Sorry, no deal. Extended to the ultimate that could mean that someone could say, for instance, that......
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December 29, 2002 04:10
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Yes, I noticed that, for a change, a US writer had managed to get the plural possessive right. Of co......
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December 28, 2002 12:18
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I confess my error. It was carelessness, not ignorance, I will say. I brew both wine and beer and us......
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December 28, 2002 01:28
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Toad-in-the-hole is also a favourite. It is simply batter-pudding (aka Yorkshire pudding) into whic......
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December 28, 2002 01:08
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In fact, I had something of the sort in my own mind and actually started to compose a response. Howe......
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December 27, 2002 12:16
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It's clear to me that the craft beer revival in the US has done wonders for choice. Sadly it will t......
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December 27, 2002 08:55
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I have to confess - all of them. But, you see, I used to be a travel agent and I am now a trainer a......
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December 27, 2002 05:19
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Faggot, as an offensive term for a homosexual, does not have that meaning in the UK. A faggot is ra......
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December 27, 2002 04:54
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Now try asking some Americans as to which side the Russians supported in the Second World War - or e......
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December 25, 2002 00:36
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It's a shame that the UK - still the fourth largest economy in the world - seems to have forgotten t......
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December 25, 2002 00:26
RE: Huh?
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Apologies for the typo! Now corrected. And yes, it is a suet-based pudding. There is a recipe on ......
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December 24, 2002 05:22
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Indeed it does - genuinely. Hops are a mild soporific and this is one of the reasons why beer can ......
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December 24, 2002 05:17
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