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For the love of god, it is drawers not draws.

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5GoldenFimbos · 07/12/2010 17:03

As you were.

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brimfull · 10/12/2010 23:33

Funnily enough , just today I noticed a sign up in the staff room with " bedside table with 2 draws for sale"

UnquietDad · 10/12/2010 23:34

As I say at this time of year every year:

EVEN JOHN LEWIS got this wrong on their 2007 wooden advent calendar. Shock

nickeldonkeycarrymary · 12/12/2010 12:45

re: fridge -
from
dictionary dot com

"Word Origin & History

fridge
shortened and altered form of refrigerator, 1926, perhaps infl. by Frigidaire (1919), a popular early brand name of the appliances."

the D is added because our E rule says that adding an e elongates the vowel.
so frige would be pronounced "fr-eye-j"

mawbroon · 17/12/2010 11:28

It really annoys me when people say they feed their babies "formular".

Nothing to do with breast v bottle either Grin

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