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June 28, 2013
by Graham
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Is it possible to dement in a choiceful way?

My daughter has reported what she and her work colleagues clearly thought was an amusing conversation. One of them had been sent on a workshop or some such event, and in describing it back in the office used a word … Continue reading →

Categories: Language | Tags: english | Permalink

June 15, 2013
by Graham
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surveillance ~ surveyance

When Marmaduke Hussey was Chairman of the BBC Governors in the 1990s, he received a letter from one of his cronies, who happened also to be a former governor of the BBC, asking why ‘we’ were pronouncing the word surveillance … Continue reading →

Categories: Language | Tags: bbc, english, speech | Permalink

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