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   Lynn McGuire to Your Name   
   Re: Pearls Before Swine: The English   
   09 Jan 26 20:04:44   
   
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   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/9/2026 5:22 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-09 21:07:12 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:   
   >>   
   >> Pearls Before Swine: The English   
   >>     https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/01/09   
   >>   
   >> Rat is right, the Brits economize too much in their language.   
   >>   
   >> Lynn   
   >   
   > You mean "economise" ... and English *is* "their" language (as the comic   
   > strip says).  :-p   
      
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/economize   
      
   Lynn   
      
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