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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!netsys!ibmpcug!demon!pizzabox.demon.co.uk!gtoal
  2. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  3. From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
  4. Subject: Re: "Registrating" or "Registration"?
  5. Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:47:58 +0000
  6. Message-ID: <9301271747.AA04562@pizzabox.demon.co.uk>
  7. Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk
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  10. :In article <1993Jan26.112928.11526@vax.oxford.ac.uk> wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
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  12. :>You register births, marriages and deaths at the Registry Office. I suppose
  13. :>there's no reason other than cussedness why that word isn't used of other
  14. :>offices.
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  16. :I believe the name is actually Register Office.  It's the place where 
  17. :the register is kept, after all.
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  19. Depends if you're talking marriage or Lloyds...
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