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On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Mark Evans wrote: > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 11:39:07AM +0100, Paul Weaver wrote: > > On Friday 04 April 2003 12:15 am, Adrian Midgley scribbled: > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,928083,00.html > > > > Something thats bugged me for a while, why the "Grauniad"? Am I being thick > > and not knowing a simple word? > > The Guardian are/were notorious for making spelling mistakes, even > to the point of mis-spelling the name of the paper itself Unfortunately guardian staff tend to be a bit miffed about the nickname if you use it in conversation with them. This can be a problem when working accross the road from their head office and going in the same pub, or going to a trendy event and socialising with guardian people. People who have left the place don't mind, it only seems to upset some of them if they still work there. Mind you - new tory party members get upset when you call them that too :) A. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.