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Hooray!

I got an email through to Mr Paxman who pronounced "meteorology" correctly
for the first time tonight on University Challenge. Let's hope "metreyology"
has been spoken for the last time.

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On 26 Oct, 21:47, Rodney Blackall
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Hooray!

I got an email through to Mr Paxman who pronounced "meteorology" correctly
for the first time tonight on University Challenge. Let's hope "metreyology"
has been spoken for the last time.

--
Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS)
Buckingham, ENGLAND
Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j


They still managed to include a ? which included the dreaded phrase
'the size of Wales'!

Graham
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Graham Easterling writes:
They still managed to include a ? which included the dreaded phrase
'the size of Wales'!


Why is that a dreaded phrase?
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John Hall "Do you have cornflakes in America?"
"Well, actually, they're American."
"So what brings you to Britain then if you have cornflakes already?"
Bill Bryson: "Notes from a Small Island"
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In article
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Graham Easterling writes:
They still managed to include a ? which included the dreaded phrase
'the size of Wales'!


Why is that a dreaded phrase?
--
John Hall "Do you have cornflakes in America?"
"Well, actually, they're American."
"So what brings you to Britain then if you have cornflakes already?"
Bill Bryson: "Notes from a Small Island"


What is the size of Wales (difficult to judge since it is not exactly a
regular shape)? One million football pitches, perhaps. The simple person's
guide to area.

Roger


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On 27 Oct, 11:51, "Roger Smith" wrote:

What is the size of Wales (difficult to judge since it is not exactly a
regular shape)? *One million football pitches, perhaps. *The simple person's
guide to area.


Deforestation in the Amazon is offered measured by sizes of Wales, I
find...

Richard


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