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Yes, another chapter of Swiss Cheese to munch through.
On another front I can report that Book 14 is coming along, 6 chapters complete so for the impatient the first quarter book should be ready in a fortnight - I'm away this coming week taking a party to look at some Swiss Archaeology.
ttfn
Mads
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fortnight
i believe fortnight equals two weeks. americans do not use that word anymore.
Two countries separated by a common language
There are quite a few words on one side of the Atlantic that aren't used on the other, there are probably some words in the US that are barely used in Canada.
If there's a word anyone doesn't make sense you can always run it through the Cambridge dictionary which has options for British English and American English.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/
Hugs
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You can't choose your relatives but you can choose your family.
I was in the army
A fortnight is one you spent in the fort.
No?
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
I find that over
I find that over-generalisation rather offensive.
I live in Texas, and _I_ use that word on occasion. Fort-night. Fourteen nights. Two weeks. Yes.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
Yay more books to buy!
Yay more books to buy!
I've really been looking forward to the Japan trip.
well
I hope it lives up to expectations! There will be stuff that Bond gets roped into as well as racing and sightseeing.
Mads
Madeline Anafrid Bell