> It swings out into the channel and locks in place, > restricting the width to approximately 7ft. It is > automatically deployed whenever the sensors detect a > dutchbarge (*) passing through Lock 8 from the Severn. > > (*) cf 'narrowboat'. It would be a sad day if the English > language were ever to be pickled in aspic... > > M
As indeed did Latin, in the Western Empire's dying days. Grammar was taught to a *very limited number of set texts Ian Cardinal aka Norman the Narrowboat
