swee'pea99
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Thruppence
Words going out of use
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swee'pea99
Squire
arse
swee'pea99
Squire
will we still have flats in 20 years or will they all be apartments?
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No I'm more a wellington man, I find a Dwarf a bit big which really is an oxymoron2902632 said:
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'll give you two - 'transitory' and 'aberration', as in "The transitory mental aberration of Sidney Davidson, remarkable enough in itself, is still more remarkable if Wade's explanation is to be credited."
For some reason, that sentence stuck in my mind from an English class in 1969!
For some reason, that sentence stuck in my mind from an English class in 1969!
i suppose that should be bugaboo in American
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
It's our moral decline; there are a lot more two-timing b*st*rds around.
No-one at the Beeb uses 'yes' any more. The word is Absolutely.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
What about the singular for grooves?
mr_cellophane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Essex
Corrected for you.2902616 said:
Fractions seem to have been replace by so many time less" - e.g. three times fewer people.... instead of one third less
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
And if they don't have it built in you can add a UK English dictionary to and opt to use it as default in most browsers.2902637 said:
Hmm. 'Thrice' has been uncommon in normal use for well over a century - bordering on archaic nowadays.
Roofs is a bit of an oddity. It should indeed be rooves - and US usage keeps that older spelling - but IME roofs is commoner in the UK.
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User482
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"Get into the groof/ boy you've got to proof"?
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
... your lofe to me, yeah... ?
