User talk:Blu Moon

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Hi. "5 more reasons to hate Chris Jefford" sounds like modern Internet clickbait! Which Observer is this? Where can the 1988 source be seen? Equinox 21:24, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.archives.nd.edu/observer/v22/1988-11-16_v22_055.pdf BlackAdvisor (talk) 21:25, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Things are not always what they *seem*. BlackAdvisor (talk) 21:27, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks. I had trouble finding the proper Wiktionary way of citing newspapers, and I’m not abundantly familiar with UK ones BlackAdvisor (talk) 21:44, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am not totally sure that -ey can't pluralise to -ies, as illogical as it might look. Hard to think of a strong counterexample right now, however. Equinox 00:31, 29 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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