Okay, I realise you were just narrating and probably didn't write the script, but still, this is the kind of thing that seems likely to swing the all-important Pedant vote behind the Yes campaign.
Lots of Islands have a North
Okay, I realise you were just narrating and probably didn't write the script, but still, this is the kind of thing that seems likely to swing the all-important Pedant vote behind the Yes campaign.
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Child Catchers and Babby Hunters
Not long ago I discovered to my surprise that the dialect phrase, "More X than ever the parson preached about," meaning "a lot of X," was unknown to…
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Ostensibly
I dreamt last night that I was speaking a language without ostension (would that be the right word?). What I mean is that, to refer to a plate, for…
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Before Breakfast
In Japanese, 朝飯前 literally means "before breakfast," or (even more literally) "before the morning meal" - but is used to refer to something that's…
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Child Catchers and Babby Hunters
Not long ago I discovered to my surprise that the dialect phrase, "More X than ever the parson preached about," meaning "a lot of X," was unknown to…
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Ostensibly
I dreamt last night that I was speaking a language without ostension (would that be the right word?). What I mean is that, to refer to a plate, for…
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Before Breakfast
In Japanese, 朝飯前 literally means "before breakfast," or (even more literally) "before the morning meal" - but is used to refer to something that's…
