tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post1145542534460773417..comments2024-03-27T05:29:09.185+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Ken: If Canute couldn't hold back change I've no Chance!Grumpy Old Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-42407939299930181132012-02-06T13:38:51.677+00:002012-02-06T13:38:51.677+00:00Great story. May we expect one now on Dick Whitti...Great story. May we expect one now on Dick Whittington, the fellow who was three times Lord Mayor of London?rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-51133744063226821142012-01-31T09:33:04.467+00:002012-01-31T09:33:04.467+00:00Twice as good as anything else I've read this ...Twice as good as anything else I've read this morningNota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-16835036817252924872012-01-31T01:16:54.246+00:002012-01-31T01:16:54.246+00:00interesting post, never thought of that.
Gill in ...interesting post, never thought of that.<br /><br />Gill in CanadaGill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-22909089995573691572012-01-29T17:12:02.967+00:002012-01-29T17:12:02.967+00:00I read this twice and enjoyed it both times..........I read this twice and enjoyed it both times...........Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121541468293903883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-53650379039859751262012-01-28T15:36:48.371+00:002012-01-28T15:36:48.371+00:00Certainly an entertaining story. The problem is pr...Certainly an entertaining story. The problem is probably budget cuts in education- dropping the teaching of two phrases for the same thing, eh? Soon a thesarus will be just another extinct dinosaur, replaced by the "urban dictionary".CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-39247462229874563602012-01-28T05:37:59.669+00:002012-01-28T05:37:59.669+00:00I have noticed the decline of twice. there is a ce...I have noticed the decline of twice. there is a certain poetry to the words 'twice' and 'thrice' (and also to 'double' and 'treble') that 'two times' will never achieve.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941930385963521365.post-15009458079044327202012-01-28T04:35:37.872+00:002012-01-28T04:35:37.872+00:00Once is still used for one time. Thrice has long ...Once is still used for one time. Thrice has long disappeared for three times. Twice for two-times is still on the cusp. I think nonce is a word but if so I've forgotten what it means. No times perhaps?Harlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03266830002279909017noreply@blogger.com