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Old 5th May 2018, 8:41 am   #161
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Interesting here are the differing perceptions of the precedence of different terms for the same object.

On the other hand, that rotative traffic mixing and impedance matching device could come out as either a roundabout or a traffic circle.

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I think in some parts of the States these are referred to "rotaries" which amused me recently when I came across a roundabout with a small advert (billboard) for the local Rotary Club on it.

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Old 5th May 2018, 8:45 am   #162
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I'm afraid I still find the new trend of beginning nearly every sentence with "So...." puts my teeth on edge.
As does starting a sentence with "Basically" - even newsreaders are prone to that.
We now have "like" spattered around every sentence.
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Old 5th May 2018, 12:11 pm   #163
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Thank goodness other people are noticing the disposable SO prefix. It's predecessor seems to have been Erm or Well.. but for some reason they don't grate nearly *so much.

*This one doesn't count as it isn't a prefix!
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Absolutely, so, basically grandad what did you do during the war.

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Old 5th May 2018, 12:20 pm   #165
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