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  1. Today's fantastic word: PALIMPSEST - say it loud .... say it proud ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimpsest 1:03 AM Dec 20th from TweetDeck
  2. What a shocking spelling error - picked up by schoolkids - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8408693.stm 2:45 AM Dec 12th from TweetDeck
  3. rt @helga73: Wonder if we can learn anything about Universal Grammar from search queries, or vice versa? Must be a PhD in there somewhere. 1:15 AM Dec 3rd from TweetDeck
  4. What an excellent list of arcane job titles: http://www.cooperfamilytree.co.uk/jobtitles.htm 8:45 AM Nov 20th from TweetDeck
  5. It's not rocket science - 6 year olds who are properly educated can do this so why not the rest of you? http://apostrophe.me/ 7:06 AM Nov 12th from TweetDeck
  6. rt @zbeauvais: "You've got to be joking me." == a sentence that makes my skin crawl. <----- I agree. - What else falls into this category? 8:47 AM Nov 1st from TweetDeck
  7. I must admit - I tend towards these myself http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/ also - maybe - unnecessary hyphenated words 9:40 AM Oct 16th from TweetDeck
  8. @annawilde I believe the word Lavatory may have been what you had in mind there. 2:44 AM Oct 14th from TweetDeck in reply to annawilde
  9. @bestofoswestry the french menu "Ratatouille - Delicious Vegetable stew that has it's origins in Nice" NO apostrophe in its ! 2:22 AM Oct 14th from TweetDeck in reply to bestofoswestry
  10. @AbundantLudlow fall colours ? FALL COLOURS ??? Look, we call it AUTUMN in this country mate - alright? 12:55 AM Oct 14th from TweetDeck in reply to AbundantLudlow
  11. I've been reading for nearly an hour now ... And STILL no Nobel Prize for literature. What gives ? ! 7:35 AM Oct 10th from TweetDeck
  12. rt @annawilde: @QESPedant What do you make of "visit us in branch" as seen on Lloyds TSB adverts? In branch? That's disgraceful. 12:33 AM Sep 20th from TweetDeck
  13. (yes that's a typo - not radion but RADIO - I expect you knew that - please don't write in to the program - we can't return your paintings! 9:50 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck
  14. BBC Radion Shipping Forecast man let go in 'fruity language' shocker! http://bit.ly/pok07 9:48 AM Sep 18th from TweetDeck
  15. Why do we always use capital for the word " I ". Doesn't happen in French or German - anyone know? Is it because it's only one letter? 4:53 AM Sep 8th from TweetDeck
  16. Government Departments Twitter - Whitehall urged to read 20 pages of advice before writing 140 characters http://bit.ly/NeNED 6:38 AM Sep 7th from TweetDeck
  17. Rather nice - and true! RT @davidbattisby: Edwardians discovered Twitter first : http://tinyurl.com/nkpdy9. Quite a thought. Amusing. 6:59 AM Sep 5th from TweetDeck
  18. Apostrophe apoplexy? Come on, it's not hard to grasp it !! http://bit.ly/6Mo6r 4:38 AM Sep 5th from TweetDeck
  19. rt @danjwilkinson: sesquipedalophobia is the fear of long words.. Can it be any more ironic? 8:52 AM Aug 31st from TweetDeck
  20. Dictionaries for learners of English - which applies to many 'native' speakers probably - THOROUGH review here http://tinyurl.com/l9dwxw 4:20 AM Aug 30th from web