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A moment of indexision

Thursday, March 29, 2018

On Bram Stoker, #indexday, and the weird and wonderful history of the hapax legomenon. — For The Spectator

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NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, November 27, 2017

. In the United Kingdom 200 out of every million persons are employed as writers or editors. — The Nelson Evening Mail, April 2 1907 . No-one has been found in a major search along the Torridge. ‘Pog mahone’ means ‘kiss my arse’, in Gaelic. Some people do not like to read instructions. In South Africa […]

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