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Hwรฆt The F**k should surely be the headline here.
Beyond the clickbait anti-woke headline, there's an interesting story here about the term 'Anglo-Saxon' and how it's been used. I suspect there's more to this debate than we get here, though.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/0โ€ฆ

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Michael Rosen ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“(@MichaelRosenYes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why are English football clubs called things like Albion, Vale, Villa, Hotspur, Wanderers or MK Dons?
The answer is here:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00โ€ฆ

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Wise words. I'm of the opinion that if you insist on a less/fewer distinction, you should be forced to also use mo/more, like in the old days.

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I do have a soft spot for a classic โ€˜apostrophes on street signsโ€™ news story. They pop up every couple of years in a different part of the country and are always good value. Yorkshire apostrophe fans demand road signs with nowt taken out theguardian.com/uk-news/articlโ€ฆ

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Great to see Leeds staying very much on-message for what should have been the last day of the season ๐Ÿ˜•

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