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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 9 886 Send Message	ZZzzz	Report	31 Oct 2024 22:06
	Like going for a hair cut when loads of hair is being cut?
	Researching: Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26 517 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	31 Oct 2024 22:33
	In that instance, it's because "hair" is a collective noun, as well as a singular. You don't say "I'm brushing my hairs."
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 26 561 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	1 Nov 2024 09:28
	I volunteer in school and listen to readers aged 8 and 9 years old. More often than not, they can read very well, but don't always understand what is meant by certain phrases. 'Hold your tongue' was a recent one I had to explain.
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 9 886 Send Message	ZZzzz	Report	17 Nov 2024 16:56
	Gwyn in Kent, Did they literally hold their tongues?
	Researching: Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.