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Meant to say, I like this thread - thank you!!

Certainly, there are enough variations within both Mercian and Northumbrian for scholars to postulate northern forms of the former and southern forms of the latter.

mouse, I need to know what the former and the latter are!!!!!!

Partly because I was reading this yesterday: @EarlyScotland: Aethelflaed, daughter of Alfred the Great, forged a military alliance with the Scots and Strathclyde Britons t.co/Rk0A4dLt6G

And caught him by the horse hair plume that dangled on his crest

Dialects!

The book quotes Owun, a Northumbrian scribe who compiled the glosses for one part of the Rushworth gospel, but his conventions are not identical with the type of Northumbrian found in the Lindisfarne gospels.

"We have bought this house and kept it spic and span for 20 years or more", a housewife in St. Paul's Road told the local paper.

Ana It is just meant to be a quote from a book - any book. Guessing the title and author is a nice extra, but not obligatory. Perhaps we could add those in a temporary note on our profile for people who would like to know and are tempted to read the book.

Yes, it was copied from Facebook and does mean Facebook status. I should have deleted that before posting, but it was past my bedtime.

I remember a thread on the same subject previously. Was it from Bags a year ago?

Seeing all the replies when I logged in was very gratifying. Does this mean that a lot of people like puzzles and similar entertainment? We should have more of them. Prizes and winners are not necessary, the pleasure of the exercise is enough.

The following morning a cheque had arrived, accompanied by the first of the letters.

I wonder if this would make a coherent story if all the sentences were run as one - a bit like the game of consequences? I like this - it's quirky!

I have added the title and author of my quote to my profile, if anyone wants to know.

"No smell came from the hand which told him it must be fresh - in this summer warmth probably less than twenty four hours old." ( sorry - hope everyone has finished their breakfast! )

Other operations mounted during 1954 also led to the establishment of more "White Areas".

Settle for clasping her chubby arm's around his thigh

An unlucky man.

Often there is a large influx of Skylarks and pipits early in the month.

mouth open. There was no one else there. The voice had

I had been puzzled as to how to proceed.

The next day, Professor Leblanc got up in a very bad mood.

"Is Adele taking me to school? Tommy asked once his tie was tied.

Kitty- Im reading that book too!

'He jumped up and put a record on the turntable'

"Oh Opal,"I said.

When I close my eyes and think of that time in Jerusalem , I can feel the still summer afternoons when the adults were sleeping and the heat of the day lay heavy on the empty streets and houses.

Taylor was impressed with the effort Russ had made.