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Re: Ambiguous names

Subject Re: Ambiguous names
Newsgroups alt.usage.english, free.beer.tomorrow
References (11 earlier) <10pbcu0$1ej08$1@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk> <20260317115322.4425ed383cc9cc4ba183c5c2@127.0.0.1> <1rs4b7n.5vn7ia1mjalitN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <20260318113423.b211eb4007b46c49eb47410f@127.0.0.1> <1rs6cay.tycuys13v9zjfN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>
From Sam Plusnet <not@home.com>
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Date 2026-03-18 19:48 +0000

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On 18/03/2026 16:00, Sn!pe wrote:
> Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>> The 'King of Stonehenge' was Swiss.
>>> No wonder they revolted,
>>>
>>
>> Bloody immigrants (or did I already do that?)
>>
>> IIRC the Swiss guy was in Avebury, a much better location for
>> settling in than the middle of a plain.
>>
> 
> As evidenced by the Red Lion pub, situated inside the henge.

So the ring of stones was an early version of a pub sign?
You can see why they changed to the painted wooden board idea.

-- 
Sam Plusnet

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  Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-15 13:13 +0100
    Re: Ambiguous names Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-03-15 13:41 +0000
      Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-15 20:53 +0100
        Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-15 21:53 +0000
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            Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-15 22:40 +0000
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                Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-16 15:13 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-16 21:08 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-16 22:28 +0000
          Re: Ambiguous names lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2026-03-15 17:38 -0600
            Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-16 00:14 +0000
              Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-16 12:00 +0100
          Re: Ambiguous names Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-03-17 09:44 +1100
            Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-16 23:00 +0000
            Re: Ambiguous names Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-03-17 08:55 +0100
            Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 11:36 +0100
              Re: Ambiguous names richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-03-17 11:12 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-03-17 11:53 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-03-17 13:01 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-03-18 11:32 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-18 14:03 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 21:21 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-03-18 11:34 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-18 14:03 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-03-18 16:00 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-18 19:48 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-03-18 21:03 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-19 01:12 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 21:21 +0100
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          Re: Ambiguous names lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> - 2026-03-16 10:50 -0600
          Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-16 22:24 +0100
            Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-17 01:51 +0000
              Re: Ambiguous names Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-03-17 06:29 +0000
                Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 21:21 +0100
                Re: Ambiguous names liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-18 09:52 +0000
              Re: Ambiguous names nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-03-17 21:21 +0100
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              Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-17 19:29 +0000
              Re: Ambiguous names Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-03-18 10:13 +1100
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                Re: Ambiguous names Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-03-18 19:52 +0000
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