Oh I think the day has come... I was surprised to see the prevalence
of behemoths in London, and this was 2003!
On Feb 4, 2009, at 11:28 PM, Nicoletta Da Ros wrote:
> oh, needn't worry... you chaps still have lorries filled with petrol.
> til you start seeing gas-guzzling trucks, you're safe :)
>
> nico.
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> On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:45 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
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> If only ... :-)
>
> Friends English has changed the English of a generation, I reckon. We
> now hear "rocks" instead of "stones", "train station" instead of
> "railway station" etc ... They even say "tough" not "difficult" on the
> BBC now
>
> Chris
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> On 5 Feb 2009, at 02:49, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>> Because he's the protector of the mother tongue. He may be
>> attempting
>> to establish the equivalent of L'Académie française for English. :-)
>
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