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The King's English

Posted by Gary Martin on April 22, 2010 at 15:04

In Reply to: The King's English posted by Patsy on April 22, 2010 at 15:02:

: I thought the origin of "The King's English" was King's English and it was the English used by a formwr poet laureate called King?

Sorry, no. Not much more to say. England hasn't had a Poet Laureate called King - I suppose that's worth saying.

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