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Has anyone stopped to think why children are far taller and larger than 15 years ago? Why milk does not go off as quickly as before. Why bowel cancer is more prevalent now If we knew what was being put into our food ( growth hormones, pesticides etc) I think there would be a severe backlash...

If you get a chance, read the stories of "Kindertransport", which was the name given to children of Jews and non arians who were sent to "safe" countried by their parents. Harrowing stories indeed. If anyone gets a chance, please read Fatherland by Robert Harris. It is a detective story set...

its not a case of liking or disliking Americanisms. They are here to stay, in the same way as driving on the right. What has pronunciation got to do with the price of corned beef anyway? Pronunciation is formed in most part by dialect and accent. A Northern person pronounces "bath" as "baff"...

Will Young?

Following on my dear chaps, one of the most common mistakes people make in grammer is the "their/there" scenario. I am going to their house, which is over there. Personally speaking, I do think that language is evolving, but mostly using slang and Americanisms. Laters is a perfect example...

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Drive to the ground, park next to the pond, urinate in the nearest garden and pull up their rose bushes - as that is what us football fans are supposed to do isn't it? Seriously, I will be getting a lift there and backwith my mum, where to get picked up is the real question!

Hello. Just to add my contribution to this most erudite of threads, the user known as "the large one" has unfortunately made one of the most common of "schoolboy errors", in that he/she has inadvertantly used the word "containing" twice in one sentence ( the opening one) Poor effort really...