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To: Olog-hai
I forget which region of England prefers saying “Don’t let's” instead of “Let’s not”.

It is not a so-called "regionalism."

Rather, it is a "cute" or "marked" expression. Might have originally been derived from a certain dialect or a certain sociolect, like "Is you is or is you ain't my..."

Regards,

19 posted on 10/19/2020 9:47:14 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek

Sorry, Germany is unwilling to spend the money required to have a powerful military. The people are unwilling to join the military in significant numbers. The leaders are unwilling to utilize the military even if they had one. Finally, France, England, Austria, Italy, Greece, Poland, etc.. do not trust Germany.
Not going to happen.


21 posted on 10/19/2020 10:01:01 AM PDT by CoastWatcher
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