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To: rockrr
My favorite: "I went to hospital."

Reminds me of University..."I went to University."

Hell, I'll never master the English language. I can't even get Alexa to turn out my damned lights. Apparently she doesn't like turn "out" the lights, like I was raised to say...she wants "off"...turn off the freakin' lights. Oh well!

14 posted on 08/23/2020 6:51:45 PM PDT by IrishPennant (Proud father of my angel son Jon...)
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To: IrishPennant

Did you study maths?


17 posted on 08/23/2020 6:59:52 PM PDT by Blurb2350
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To: IrishPennant

Could be Closa the lights or shutta the lights....


22 posted on 08/23/2020 7:32:18 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: IrishPennant

“University”

This one has driven me crazy since first hearing a British college classmate use it in 2003.

I cannot stand when they do not use a definite article before it...maybe it’s just because University is so often associated with a particular place in the US that it seems to be missing something.

Oddly enough, it always sounds appropriate to me to use “college” in this way, as in “I went to college at...”.


32 posted on 08/23/2020 7:55:16 PM PDT by SeƱor Presidente
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