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Direct Debits and Computer Technology	4	14/12/25 16:09	JamesandJon33
The worse thing.	56	11/12/25 09:07	Mollygo
Reindeers and elf’s on shelfs.	62	01/12/25 12:41	Allira
Why Is The Demand On Food Banks Actually Increasing?	45	25/11/25 17:23	Judy54
Storm Claudia or Storm Clowdier?	35	17/11/25 20:19	MartavTaurus
Another new 'hate' to add to my list	101	16/11/25 11:16	Von58
Gorilla??????	10	05/11/25 19:41	Oreo
A new one to add to the ‘kinda, gonna, sorta’ list…	6	08/10/25 12:13	NotSpaghetti
Mental health	28	04/10/25 15:41	Labradora
BBC getting it wrong with titles	10	27/09/25 14:06	Witzend
No longer do we choose, select or pick anything........	34	17/09/25 18:40	Mollygo
I am not normally a pedant but…	5	17/09/25 17:09	Ilovedogs22
Specialist mental health centres to open	35	28/08/25 17:21	Allsorts
Summer noise	86	28/08/25 12:09	Witzend
RIP prepositions?	115	15/08/25 19:12	hollysteers
'Draws'!	27	28/07/25 19:30	Katek
And here's another thing: thee and thou being misused	14	28/07/25 15:32	nightowl
Draught or draft?	6	21/06/25 22:35	RosieandherMaw
Aye or Uh	47	01/06/25 14:59	Septimia
HMO's Sprouting Up Like Mushrooms......	52	01/06/25 13:32	NotSpaghetti
BBC News: Three villages retook in Ukraine	15	01/06/25 09:52	Freya5
Where's the Proof?!	49	19/05/25 02:05	windmill1
The Americanisation of English	127	02/05/25 14:20	avalon123
Lack of Punctuation	70	09/04/25 23:41	Redblueandgreen
Since when is ‘lotion’ a verb?	31	23/03/25 13:42	Luckygirl3
Con trib ute or contra bute?	4	08/03/25 14:39	Norah
A Question which has always puzzled me	5	07/03/25 14:41	Baggs
We are yet to discover....	8	04/03/25 10:50	Witzend
Prince William’s speech	108	26/02/25 18:45	Aely
Σ sigma. Anyone?	14	26/02/25 18:37	Aely
‘Step foot’ instead of ‘set foot’ - I keep seeing it!!	14	16/02/25 08:51	Sparklefizz
Apostrophes	47	14/02/25 19:44	ixion
Affect/Effect	42	20/01/25 13:30	sodapop
Of, of and more of	4	09/01/25 02:33	Grammaretto
I keep seeing ‘reindeers’! (In print, I mean.)	19	08/01/25 19:39	NonGrannyMoll
Sky News early morning	13	06/01/25 14:05	Wheniwasyourage
"A Fashionable State"	8	30/12/24 23:06	nanna8
What Do They Teach In Schools........?	70	10/12/24 17:57	Allira
Effect/Affect	16	03/12/24 12:57	MissAdventure
Waitrose radio ad - ‘The phone rung..’	46	11/11/24 10:30	Nannan2
When Will We See The Sun Again?	65	09/11/24 10:22	Oreo
Love this!	5	06/11/24 17:21	Visgir1
Now It's Officially Halloween - Another Money-Making Spree.......	62	04/11/24 22:47	Rodborough49
My Fb bugbear	36	26/10/24 07:17	Sago
Wordle/quordle US spellings 🤔	4	22/10/24 09:19	notnecessarilywiser
Spilling the tea?	2	20/10/24 17:31	Doodledog
I thought you’d appreciate this!	9	15/10/24 14:15	Stansgran
How do you write	32	13/10/24 11:48	Norah
Found on Facebook ....... enjoy!?	24	23/09/24 21:22	grandMattie
Not a whinge - just a Brian Bilston poem that caught my eye.	27	19/09/24 15:08	MissAdventure