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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Your Name   
   Re: Pearls Before Swine: The English   
   16 Jan 26 05:52:26   
   
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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   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 but has been replaced by "s" in the UK and other proper   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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