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Harriet Marsden
Oct 10, 2016
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Fair warning - there may be some swearing in this article, after all, we're British.
The good old United Kingdom has a certain way of doing things, and that way is completely illogically.
This also applies to our speech.
Here are a few examples, vote for your favourites and let us know any we've missed in the comments.
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