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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!pipex!demon!essence.demon.co.uk!prh
  2. From: prh@essence.demon.co.uk ("Peter R. Humphrey")
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: "Registrating" or "Registration"?
  5. Message-ID: <728200737snx@essence.demon.co.uk>
  6. Date: 27 Jan 93 22:58:57 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan26.112928.11526@vax.oxford.ac.uk> <etxsvkl.727609846@garboa03> <glen.727736610@cs.wisc.edu>
  8. Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk
  9. Reply-To: prh@essence.demon.co.uk
  10. Distribution: alt
  11. Organization: Organization?  What organization?
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  15. In article <1993Jan26.112928.11526@vax.oxford.ac.uk> wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
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  17. >You register births, marriages and deaths at the Registry Office. I suppose
  18. >there's no reason other than cussedness why that word isn't used of other
  19. >offices.
  20.  
  21. I believe the name is actually Register Office.  It's the place where 
  22. the register is kept, after all.
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  25. Rgds
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  27. Peter Humphrey  |  prh@essence.demon.co.uk         | Voice 0932-343158
  28. Woking, UK.     |  unionjack@cix.compulink.co.uk   | Data  0932-353948
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