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Listed below are comments made by Sid between Friday, 30th October 2009 and Sunday, 1st November 2009.

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The Beach 9:21pm on 01 Nov 2009 Very good, Pickle. Sit down and get on with your work.
The Beach 8:23pm on 01 Nov 2009 Chris - I hope you've brought a note to explain your absence ...
The Beach 4:11pm on 01 Nov 2009 Indeed, my good Lord ... I am now young and wise!
The Beach 2:46pm on 01 Nov 2009 When I was a young man (and foolish), I used to study the Times crossword assiduously without filling in the answers ... then later in the day, when a suitably impressionable audience was available, I'd say 'Oh look, the Times crossword ...' and fill in the answers while scarcely looking at the clues.
The Beach 2:33pm on 31 Oct 2009 ChrisThePickle - I always write the whole post first, then go through and add tags - that way you don't miss spaces.

Also - if it's a very long post, with multiple tags, you can copy and paste them, thus saving valuable time.
The Beach 2:59pm on 30 Oct 2009
Sid sings lustily:

'Braid the raven hair weave the supple tress ..'

G&S, The Mikado
AM glass box for Friday 2:57pm on 30 Oct 2009 PF @ 36

I don't think there's anything wrong grammatically or semantically with the use of the word by McNulty and others - but I'd still say it's rather an obscure use compared to 'cut' or 'reduce'. And if the OED says it's archaic ...
PM Glass Box for Wednesday 1:17pm on 30 Oct 2009 grind
AM glass box for Friday 1:13pm on 30 Oct 2009 EtE - I suspect he meant this [OED]:

" 11. trans. To bring down in value, price, or estimation. arch."

But I suspect you're right - he's using archaic language to avoid saying 'I overcharged', or 'I should have cut the amount I claimed'.

[I doubt if I qualify as a 'good pedant']
Tonight's Upshares theme... 1:07pm on 30 Oct 2009 What sort of extras are there on the DVD?

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