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Letter: Letters: Timely fun

Published 16 March 1991

From MICHAEL LEWIS

After reading Ariadne’s reference (2 March) to the word ‘timeously’
in a letter from the Royal Bank of Scotland, I looked it up to find it described
as a Scottish word. Perhaps the bank is having a bit of harmless fun at
the expense of us Sassenachs.

Michael Lewis Warlingham, Surrey

Issue no. 1760 published 16 March 1991

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