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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    pansyface said:
    Well, we have an American-born Prime Minister.
    And a mostly German royal family
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Boudicca 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    My theory for world peace is we should all marry someone who is a different colour. Racism would practically vanish within a generation or two.
    Devon.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Hostafan1 said:
    My theory for world peace is we should all marry someone who is a different colour. Racism would practically vanish within a generation or two.
    I think there was a song about that - "coffee coloured people by the score"

    Owain Glyndwr was British, wasn't he? If we count the Welsh, which I suppose we might not....
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    :)
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Hostafan1 said:
    If this is Kocher, maybe @Daniel Haynes might confirm for us?
    Did this question get a response from @Daniel Haynes?


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I know it belongs on the other thread but I completely agree with gifted. Are people not given things any more?
    Rutland, England
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    edited June 2021
    The Sherlock Holmes is the complete Holmes - UK version. I think it was in there, as I recall being 'thrown' by its (check's) use.
    As for program/programme - I follow the def given online NOW, but I don't recall there being such a distinction back in the 70s when I started coding. Maybe as programming (?!) was more American (I think all the languages I used had an American base as the kit was American) then their version of program took more of a foothold. As I say, I used to use that spelling back then interchangeably. I've just checked my old school dictionary (The Little Oxford Dictionary - 4th Edition - 1969) and it shows both programme and program as valid spellings (without even mentioning the U.S.)- if you want I'll post a photo!
    I used to rail against the American use of the word soccer for football as well, until it was pointed out that soccer started as a public school thing like rugger (and was a contraction of association with 'er' or 'a' added)

    Edited: Added the photo anyway - luckily it wasn't on a page where I'd marked a smutty word...
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    BenCotto said:
    On the other hand, Dove, threads twist this way and that and sometimes evolve into a discussion of usage and etymology. 
    That's very often the case - perhaps we should ring the changes and try entomology instead?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Sleeping hens don't lay either.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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