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   Your Name to All   
   Re: Pearls Before Swine: The English   
   16 Jan 26 19:55:20   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-01-16 05:52:26 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
      
   > On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:42:03 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   >> As I said (as was snipped), ...   
   >   
   > You said no such thing.   
   >   
   >> ... "z" is ye olde English ...   
   >   
   > That’s not what the article said.   
   >   
   >> ... but has been replaced by "s" in the UK and other proper   
   >> *English* speaking countries.   
   >   
   > Ah, I see. So who is the arbiter of this thing wot’s “proper”, eh?   
      
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