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New Thu 15 May 14 13:04 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - FocalPoint
Just saw this priceless gem:

"The video shows the fearless feline jumping on the dog with enough force to push him away from the boy. Tara then chases the dog away from the driveway with its leg between its tail."

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New Thu 15 May 14 13:23 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Slidingpillar
Story is all over the media like a cheap suit.
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New Thu 15 May 14 15:24 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - smokie
Love the graphic content warning at the start of the video clip too
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New Thu 15 May 14 15:50 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - FocalPoint
It was the phrase "...chases the dog away from the driveway with its leg between its tail" that appealed to me - a kind of surreal image.
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New Fri 16 May 14 00:15 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Stuartli
Was there any reason to single out the Mail - it's been headline news on most major news media, including Sky News.

All credit to the puddy tat involved...:-)
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New Fri 16 May 14 00:22 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - FocalPoint
Did all the others use the phrase "...chases the dog away from the driveway with its leg between its tail"?

Journalistic standards and all that.

This is getting hard work.
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New Fri 16 May 14 07:04 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Dog
>>with its leg between its tail"?

Erm, I've only just got your drift!

(*_*)
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New Fri 16 May 14 11:47 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Stuartli
>>This is getting hard work.>>

What is/used to be known as a "literal" in the media...:-)

Easy to miss, especially as proof readers are a rare breed these days.....

Plenty of examples on this forum, including in the last few minutes ("there" for "their")! But who am I to point such things out, even though my tail is always between my legs? !!
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New Fri 16 May 14 15:20 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Pat
And so it should be Stuart, I didn't have you down as a pedant!

You knew exactly what ''there'' meant so what's the problem?

You even noticed it was wrong, so you exercised your brain as well.

You 'almost (tut) failed to mention it so you had a great exercise in tactfulness.

You almost had a (should it be an?) halo.....then you fell all the way from the top of that pedestal I had you on:)

Pat

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New Fri 16 May 14 15:23 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - No FM2R
>>You almost had a (should it be an?) halo

"Halo" begins with the sound of a consonant. So its "a".
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New Fri 16 May 14 15:30 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Alanovich
And this starts with a consonant too, NF. "K":

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Happy Friday.
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New Fri 16 May 14 15:34 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - No FM2R
Firstly, it doesn't matter what it starts with when its written, it matters what is starts with when its said.

Second, **** right off.
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New Fri 16 May 14 15:35 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - No FM2R
And you should get shot of the chips and have a bigger kebab instead. Philistine.
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New Fri 16 May 14 15:53 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Alanovich
That's mixed lamb and chicken doner under the chilli peppers and salad. Just sayin'.

22 degrees and sunny in Central Berks/South Oxon today (same forecast for the rest of the weekend too) before you start. Cold cider in the garden weather.

:-)
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New Fri 16 May 14 15:43 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Stuartli
Halo and goodbye...:-)
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New Fri 16 May 14 17:11 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Duncan
>> >>You almost had a (should it be an?) halo
>>
>> "Halo" begins with the sound of a consonant. So its "a".
>>

What about "Hotel"?

;-)
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New Fri 16 May 14 17:27 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - bathtub tom
>>What about "Hotel"?

I was taught that hotel is a French word and when correctly pronounced the 'h' is silent and therefore 'an hotel' is perfectly acceptable.

What about 'an historical event' that I often hear on BBC news?

Just don't get me started on folk that pronounce h as haitch.
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New Fri 16 May 14 17:32 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Armel Coussine
>> I was taught that hotel is a French word and when correctly pronounced the 'h' is silent and therefore 'an hotel' is perfectly acceptable.

Yes it is, but 'a hotel' is also correct and is perfectly easy to pronounce. I say it as a rule.

Thing about 'an hotel' is that it may seem easier to say for some people - probably the same ones who talk about Laura norder.
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New Fri 16 May 14 17:41 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Runfer D'Hills
And sawring wood
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New Fri 16 May 14 16:43 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Stuartli
>>And so it should be Stuart, I didn't have you down as a pedant!>>

Not too often but, as a retired journalist, such things do annoy me....:-)
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New Fri 16 May 14 16:51 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Pat
Best you don't read anything I post then!

Pat
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New Fri 16 May 14 18:11 
 Don't you just love the Daily M*** - Stuartli
>>Best you don't read anything I post then! >>

Wot? Y?
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