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Month: September 2018

Posted on September 13, 2018September 28, 2020

Calling out calling out. It’s time we stopped inciting people to call others out.

Lesedauer: 3.5 mins I’ve long harboured a nagging doubt about the widespread, and growing, use of the word – beg your pardon, phrasal verb –,…

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