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Old 02-27-2007, 01:04 PM   #8
monster
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Originally Posted by Elspode View Post
I want to know how an eight year old uses the collective term "we" when referring to himself. Did he grow up reading Cleveland Amory or something? Is he royalty? Or does he simply bemoan that he weighs enough to be a group of eight year olds?

It's the local dialect. When they say 300 miles north of London, they mean a million miles away. Wallsend is practically Newcastle -Geordieland.
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