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Why is the maintenance work on the tube poster so annoying?

Posted by Zzyzxensis about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 15 responses

Having just moved to London, I’m doing the tourist-y thing of reading all the posters on the Underground (although I have known for some time not to press the door buttons!) This morning, on the Westbound Circle/District Line platform at Paddington, I noticed a poster saying that TfL are undertaking improve...

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Would anyone care to bemoan the lack of apostrophes in the tags?

Posted by AdrianCooper about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 3 responses

I would. My hangout tags currently include the following: stinking fetid rehearsal rooms that were only using because theyre conveniently located Admittedly, I’m generally a bit of a pedant when it comes to grammar. Theyre instead of they’re is bad enough, but were instead of we’re just makes...

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Posted by eviltwin about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 3 responses

a couple of things I’ve noticed: 1. In the comments under a Radar post, the commenter’s name appears below their comment which is confusing when it’s the other way sound in The Knowledge. 2. When viewing a Knowledge thread it would be useful to have a list of recently active threads as well a...

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