![]() Including in Sydney schools of the 1960s and ’70s, going by your responses. Dr Johnson’s influential dictionary of 1755 reversed that trend, though resistant pockets persist. ![]() Back when Shakespeare was learning to shave, the zed spelling prevailed. The spelling is American, I’d claimed, with a footnote. ![]() Leaving us with the final hot potato, the king’s divisive verb that lit the initial bin-fire: realize. My sloppy snipe at monarchy had almost toppled into anarchy. Linda Dessau is neither qualified nor remunerated. Whilst honorary, the word I’d chosen in a brain-fade, implies The Hon. The honorific belongs to office bearers of high distinction. ![]() Or to give the full viceregal pomp, The Honorable Linda Dessau. Linda Dessau is the Governor of Victoria. Unlike another confusable I’d used in my earlier column, referring to the letter’s addressee. That toasty sister would be no snugger had while been applied by the narrator, I’d argue. That said, the nuance has long dimmed in modern English. Technically, that exonerates the monarch and admonishes Sydney Transport. ![]()
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