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Old 26-11-18, 11:58 AM   #11
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The worst one is should of.
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Old 26-11-18, 12:00 PM   #12
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Interesting factoid for Bibio, people of Scotland's liability for UK national debt.... £0.00p
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Old 26-11-18, 01:14 PM   #13
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The English language is a strange and illogical thing a lot of the time.
Just ask Sean Bean.
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Old 26-11-18, 02:36 PM   #14
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Interesting factoid for Bibio, people of Scotland's liability for UK national debt.... £0.00p
And have the largest numbers of persons in the forces.

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Ah I see, so Scotland is the same as West Sussex and every other bit
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Old 26-11-18, 09:11 PM   #18
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Ah no, very different, Scotland is a country, West Sussex is a retirement home.
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On the pedantry subject - I used to be punished at school for pronouncing the letter "H" as haitch instead of aitch. Apparently haitch is now widely accepted but it makes me cringe.
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my irritation is people pronouncing an R where there are none. draRwing or bRought
Mine too, they need to understand brought and bought are very different words!
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