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On Monday 11 July 2011 22:01:02 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> But an admitted pedantic response deserves a reply from the OED :P |
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...which is no more than an observer of trends. It offers precious little |
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help in what one ought to do. |
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A few years ago our Queen uttered a solecism (well, it had to happen sooner |
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or later, and as far as I know it's the only one). The gutter press were |
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delighted to announce a new usage: "if it's good enough for the queen, it's |
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good enough for the rest of us". |
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How sad. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |