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Steve NordRunner Dec 2022 10:40am, 2 Dec 2022 2,314 posts	0 Steve NordRunner Don't bring up barrel sizes and archaic units of length in polite company, if you please.
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 12:39pm, 2 Dec 2022 35,528 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I sent the word Mirkin to Suzie Dent via twitter, awaiting response.
GlennR Dec 2022 2:53pm, 2 Dec 2022 66,764 posts	0 GlennR As you know I hate to be pedantic, but the work mirkin, or whatever, was invented a long time before English spelling was fixed.
JK chameleon Dec 2022 3:57pm, 2 Dec 2022 17,238 posts	0 JK chameleon Alt Gr + . puts in an ellipsis.
Fragile Do Not Bend Dec 2022 4:22pm, 2 Dec 2022 10,442 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend What the Trial of the Pyx is.
NDWDave Dec 2022 5:34pm, 2 Dec 2022 17,670 posts	0 NDWDave My neighbour has (had) 12 siblings
Ocelot Spleens Dec 2022 5:39pm, 2 Dec 2022 35,538 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens A gill is a quarter of a pint.
Diogenes Dec 2022 5:57pm, 2 Dec 2022 74,765 posts	0 Diogenes The word ‘sterling’ comes from easterlings, herring from the Baltic or eastern sea.
swittle Dec 2022 5:59pm, 2 Dec 2022 92,817 posts	0 swittle Reg Dwight is 75
Eynsham Red Dec 2022 6:01pm, 2 Dec 2022 9,259 posts	0 Eynsham Red A gill is a quarter of a pint. A 1/6 of a gill used to be the standard single measure for spirits.