Yes, I used to read the Times every day around 1978. It took me all morning but it was worth it. Then they had a strike and I didn't resume when they did. The Times today is a very different newspaper.
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Yes true, it takes more than that to render me pallid… ‘twas merely an attempted segue from the preceding learned exchangeOriginally posted by vinteuil View Post
’Somewhat surprized’ is indeed nearer the mark.
To be fair, too, the guest in question did subsequently give a disclaimer when she defined her type of linguist: “I’m not the linguaphile who’s wonderful at speaking languages…”
"...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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In fairly rapid succession on Radios 4 and 3 this morning:
- New Zealand need just one more win for overall victory as they are leading Great Britain 6-2 in a best-of-seven sailing competition
- An honorary mention for a rugby team that's ended a losing streak
- La Follier (rhymes with Jollier)
- Samuel Collridge Taylor.
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One reason for the success of our local tearoom may be the fact that it's 'Open 7 Day's A Week!'. They may have stolen the apostrophe from the nearby St Georges Road.Comment
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Like Earl's Court famously nicked its from Barons Court, next door!Originally posted by LMcD View Post
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In the second case, is 'Court' a verb?Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Like Earl's Court famously nicked its from Barons Court, next door!
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What's the difference - Baron's Court, Barons' Court, Barons Court?Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
In the second case, is 'Court' a verb?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Maybe once upon a time they did court; nowadays they just expect!Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
In the second case, is 'Court' a verb?Comment
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wiki has the following -Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Like Earl's Court famously nicked its from Barons Court, next door!
"The name Barons Court is possibly inspired by the Baronscourt estate in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland,where Sir William Palliser who built part of the area, may have had connections. Unlike Earl's Court station, Barons Court is written without an apostrophe."Comment
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In case this is new to everyone, there has long been fevered disputation among historains and local conservation groups over whether Barons should have its name hyphenated at the tube station, as is Earl's, or not. Petitions have been raised with the local authorities and Parliament. Actually, on examining the AZ road map, I now discover (to my astonishment!) that the district of West Kensington, along with its tube station, actually lies in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Barons Court the district is named as such on the map.Originally posted by french frank View Post
And for anyone still reading this, the boundary between the two boroughs follows the Kensington and Chelsea canal, which was buried under ground within a few years of construction when the railway line connecting Paddington to Clapham Junction went through in the late 1840s. Were it not for the tall barriers now surrounding the area where until recently stood the famous Earl's Court Exhibition Centre it would be possible to see the course of the boundary across what is now a much contested building site, which still includes some very picturesque mid-Victorian terraces (just about - or it did when I visited a year ago and exchanged a few words with some demonstrators protesting at their planned demolition). Someone sent the BBC an aerial shot taken from a drone, which I can not find now. The only place where the canal is visible at ground level is for the 100 metres-long stretch where it enters the Thames, Imperial Wharf, which today is effectively a stage set of skyscrapers and luxury flats offering enviable views of the river.Comment
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wiki has, re Earl's Court -
"The station name has been spelt with an apostrophe on the tube map since 1951. Prior to this, the use of punctuation on tube maps was intermittent. The name of the station and the local area has always been shown with an apostrophe on Ordnance Survey maps, but not on the Geographers' A-Z Street Atlas."
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Nothing as to which comital title bestowed the name?Comment
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