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RE: Newspaper articles of interest
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The Guild of Parliamentary Sketchwriters (headquarters: Metaphor Hall, Vituperation Street, London, ......
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May 30, 2009 22:41
RE: Newspaper articles of interest
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Arnie is right to say that this expenses scandal is hitting all the main parties. It's the whole sti......
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May 28, 2009 13:17
RE: Right Honorable
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Thank you!...
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March 18, 2007 12:38
RE: Right Honorable
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A backbencher is a member of Parliament who is not a minister (ministers are "frontbenchers" because......
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March 18, 2007 08:48
RE: Right Honorable
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In Britain "Right Hon" indicates that someone is a member of the Privy Council (a smallish group, co......
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March 16, 2007 15:02
RE: A "Jonah"
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Dear "Shufitz", I did receive an email and sent a reply. If you did not receive it please let me kno......
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February 21, 2007 03:18
RE: Fun Pronunciations
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A few years ago a Daily Telegraph colleague with a pukka English accent was being interviewed live b......
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November 28, 2009 00:51
RE: Buggering up Britain
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Dear Arnie, 1. You are right. I am not good at maths. I once managed to score 4% in an exam. That i......
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October 25, 2009 23:42
RE: Are newspapers now "viewspapers"?
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First, a couple of political points. Blair used the Press remorselessly, not least when he was in Op......
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June 30, 2007 03:54
RE: New word: "viewspaper"
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Mr Blair did not himself invent "viewspaper". It first appeared, as far as I know, in a British adve......
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June 30, 2007 03:46
RE: Expiry
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I'm English and I don't like "expiry date" or "expiration". Why not just "expires" instead? Or "unti......
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June 16, 2007 12:45
RE: Pronouncing the "T"
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Alveolar Flapping? Sounds like the manager of a Swedish football team. Anyway, it is becoming more c......
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May 27, 2007 11:45
RE: Actors and Actresses
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Priestess is infinitely preferable to "woman priest". At least when the politically correct brigade ......
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March 31, 2007 09:08
RE: THREADS
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I have known men's "smalls" - or, to be more precise, the "smalls" of English prep school boys - ref......
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February 24, 2007 12:53
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