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Is ‘train station’ replacing ‘railway station’ in UK passenger rail terminology?
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'Train tracks' seems to be a common American usage. The price of inventing the world's favourite language is that the world messes...
Yesterday at 13:06
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Is ‘train station’ replacing ‘railway station’ in UK passenger rail terminology?
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Correct? Correctness in practice means acceptability to well-educated people. Some well-educated people actively dislike 'train...
Sunday at 13:25
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Is ‘train station’ replacing ‘railway station’ in UK passenger rail terminology?
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The Google Books Ngram viewer shows the use of 'train station' growing rapidly from the 1980s. This is based on use in publications...
Sunday at 08:08
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Keir Starmer and the Labour Party
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After 25 years recollections are often incomplete. Human rights, overseas aid, family support (Surestart, in-work tax credits) were all...
17 Apr 2024
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2023 Israel - Hamas war
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But who started the war (or, if you like, the new campaign in an ongoing war)? Hamas staged brutal raids targeting civilians, knowing...
15 Apr 2024
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Whence and Whither in ČD Journey Planner
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But CD do provide an English-language version. Applying the Firefox translate function to bahn.de, von and nach become by and after...
13 Apr 2024
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Beeching Cuts and the Big Four
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The Acts of Parliament for the various railway companies have many instances of abandonments being authorised. I assume they didn't go...
9 Apr 2024
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Beeching Cuts and the Big Four
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The privately-owned railways were highly regulated. They needed parliamentary approval to abandon even small sections of railway, close...
8 Apr 2024
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Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.
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It worked OK after 1997. A narrow majority and Starmer would have to govern with half an eye on the next election - a good majority and...
3 Apr 2024
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Wordle
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Deleted the nytimes cookie today and have lost unregistered access to statistics.
20 Mar 2024
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Wordle
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Still OK (for now anyway) using a browser on my laptop.
16 Mar 2024
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Wordle
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Not for me, my stats are still showing.
15 Mar 2024
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Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.
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Offering a donation is one thing, accepting it another - they are not 'the same thing'. The Tories are free to accept donations from...
13 Mar 2024
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Wordle
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What euphoria? It's a game like many others, some luck, some skill, some mental training. Obviously a long run of success is not just...
12 Mar 2024
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Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.
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It has nothing to do with free speech - Hester can say what he likes, within the law. The issue is whether a political cause should...
12 Mar 2024
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