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People who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?

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(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
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Yes, it is the railway station
But why, then, do we have bus stations?

And if bus station is valid, surely train station is too, as that's where that mode of transport stops?

Sorry
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 23:26, 1 reply)
Yes I know bus / railway is inconsistent
But why should it be made consistent? Language is untidy.
(, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 0:27, closed)
It is
and it's lovely.

The confusion on non-English speakers' faces as you try to explain something like why flammable and inflammable are not opposites is brilliant.
(, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 8:03, closed)

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