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Thread #139070   Message #3188032
Posted By: Gurney
15-Jul-11 - 02:42 AM
Thread Name: BS:threat to English language from Americanisms
Subject: RE: BS: the threat to the english language from
As Autolycus pointed out, kids are uncertain what the emergency number is, (even more awkward here as ours is 111) but I don't understand why all 3-figure numbers don't go to emergency services.
It isn't as if it is going to be anyone's ordinary phone, is it!
Maybe on a very small island.

'Spaw, in a thread headed as this one is, why did you put the apostrophes in "Ya' gotta' figure....."?;-)

Oh, I see! It is a wild punctuation movement. I: must, join!~