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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I was watching the News on TV today snd they were talking about Eric Cantona. I've never heard it pronounced like that before,  not how the French say it.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Has ‘the get go’ already been listed? What’s wrong with start or beginning?
  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 946
    Emails from colleagues/my boss that end with the word “Thoughts?”
    Cambridgeshire, UK
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Yuk!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Athelas said:
    Emails from colleagues/my boss that end with the word “Thoughts?”
    Even worse. Discuss. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Don’t you mean

    Even worse. Discuss, right?
    Rutland, England
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Athelas said:
    Emails from colleagues/my boss that end with the word “Thoughts?”
    Yes, lots, but all unprintable!
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    Last best hope.
    What does that mean? You can only have one best hope, so how can it be first or last? And conversely.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    The same for "unique". Something is either unique or it isn't. It can't be quite unique or fairly unique.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I am puzzled by different.

    We visited three different countries last summer. Well, you wouldn’t visit three same countries, would you?
    Rutland, England
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