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Re: Adventures with Darleen & Sam in...er...QUÉBEC
eric sleator, on host 205.188.200.139
Tuesday, July 11, 2000, at 16:25:11
Re: Adventures with Darleen & Sam in...er...QUÉBEC posted by Sam on Monday, July 10, 2000, at 21:19:35:
>One pleasant surprise was that the American edition let a usage of "fortnight" slip through.
I didn't know "fortnight" was a British word. I mean, sure, it isn't used a lot in America, but then neither is "furlong", and that isn't limited to just Britain. Do you have any evidence for its Britocity?
-eric "wow." sleator
Tue 11 Jul A.D. 2000
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