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Monday, July 12, 2004
English and English Not Quite the SameI was "paging" through Google News this morning where the top headline in the Entertainment Section was Love 'bums fags off strangers'. Huh? Ok, you got me... I'll click on the link. Suddenly I'm transported to a British newspaper site where the article continues:
Ohhhh. That's Courney Love, and "fags" are cigarettes. Ok. So much for the "Queen's English" eh?
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