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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread It Fits #10992 11/23/00 04:29 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales OP old hand OP stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia (Look at ol' stales go - his second post in as many minutes!! There's more to come now that I've disocvered this site!!) Another one that's bothered me a long time is that, in English English (well Australian English at least), we say, "The key fitted the lock". In the US you say, "The key fit the lock". Why? Is the difference purely US vs. English English or should both be the same? Stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted It Fits stales 11/23/00 04:29 AM Re: It Fits Bingley 11/23/00 06:01 AM Re: It Fits tsuwm 11/23/00 01:25 PM Re: It Fits belMarduk 11/23/00 08:28 PM Re: It Fits Max Quordlepleen 11/23/00 09:09 PM Re: It Fits RhubarbCommando 11/24/00 01:17 PM Re: It Fits belMarduk 11/24/00 09:08 PM Re: It Fits RhubarbCommando 11/30/00 06:49 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,995 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (1 invisible), 794 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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