Cherapunji (?) is the one I recall from school

Article 37 states: The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England

variation I heard in the metals industry: ‘mercury were going missing but no one knew ow they were getting it out. They searched flasks, aspirin bottles, tobacco tins… the lot. Nowt. Until old Jack Slattockroyd’s bike fell over and he had t’get three of his mates to help him pick it up’

Ha ha, I had no idea fastmail were based in AU despite using them for 20+ years (including predecessor Operamail). I see their servers are all in the USA. I’ve had pretty much trouble-free use. They are virtually spam-free. Well worth the sub fee.

Thank you for this helpful and informative thread, Mr Fleishman

Calon Lan quiz: www.sporcle.com/games/anarre...

What name links a low-lying U.S. state with a ruined Cistercian abbey at Pontrhydfendigaid southeast of Aberystwyth?

Never bought Granta before but this issue is well worth the money

Welcome to the Sky, James

44 years for me, give or take a week or so. I could barely speak at all but the yellow book (基礎漢語?) we used in the first year at Leeds proved a springboard that led to some degree of confidence within a couple of weeks

Thank you, Erica 🙂

Joined bsky today (or 青空 Aozora, as I sometimes think of it). Good to see you here. You were the first person I searched for