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  • johncorrigan
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 10444

    Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
    Trumpety, NOT trumpery.
    not Trumptown, but Trumpton.

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26592

      Not: The Flying Scotsman, But: Flying Scotsman

      ... Wigmore

      ... Aurora Orchestra

      ... Sage Gateshead.

      Was I in a coma when they passed the law phasing out ... definite article?!


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      Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 13-03-16, 17:08. Reason: Insufficiently definite
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • P. G. Tipps
        Full Member
        • Jun 2014
        • 2978

        Not Arsenal 0 Watford 0 but Arsenal 0 Watford 1 ...

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        • jean
          Late member
          • Nov 2010
          • 7100

          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
          Was I in a coma when they passed the law phasing out ... indefinite article?!
          I don't know, but the abolition of the definite one seems to have taken us all by surprise.

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26592

            Originally posted by jean View Post
            I don't know, but the abolition of the definite one seems to have taken us all by surprise.
            Blast!!
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • Pabmusic
              Full Member
              • May 2011
              • 5537

              Not the British team, but Team GB...

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              • Daniel
                Full Member
                • Jun 2012
                • 418

                ... Not Team Gb, but teamsaint.

                (If he'll kindly permit.. )

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                • Pabmusic
                  Full Member
                  • May 2011
                  • 5537

                  Originally posted by Daniel View Post
                  ... Not Team Gb, but teamsaint.

                  (If he'll kindly permit.. )

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                  • Beef Oven!
                    Ex-member
                    • Sep 2013
                    • 18147

                    Not Quad ....... But Naim

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                    • P. G. Tipps
                      Full Member
                      • Jun 2014
                      • 2978

                      Not Ladies' Football ... But Women's Football.

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                      • Beef Oven!
                        Ex-member
                        • Sep 2013
                        • 18147

                        Not men's football......but women's football

                        (No diving, no cheating, no spoilt brats, no divas.... )

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                        • jean
                          Late member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 7100

                          ...though divas are by definition female...

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                          • Beef Oven!
                            Ex-member
                            • Sep 2013
                            • 18147

                            Originally posted by jean View Post
                            ...though divas are by definition female...
                            That wasn't lost on me when I'd posted, but I thought you'd gone out.

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                            • Flay
                              Full Member
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 5795

                              Not Sugar Puffs (sugar = unhealthy) but Honey Monster Puffs (honey supposedly = "healthy").
                              Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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