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I can't recall if I posted this before but have NSW residents noticed the word 'merge' is disappearing from our roads? Signs used to say "Left lane ends Merge right" but they are all being changed to "Left lane ends Change lanes". Is that because people don't understand what 'merge' means?
 
Warks said:
I can't recall if I posted this before but have NSW residents noticed the word 'merge' is disappearing from our roads? Signs used to say "Left lane ends Merge right" but they are all being changed to "Left lane ends Change lanes". Is that because people don't understand what 'merge' means?
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Sounds like an emerging trend to dumb down the language. ;)
 
I did like the "clearence sale" signs at a major retailer that were beautifully hand written.
 
"There", "they're", and "their". It seems most under 30 don't know the correct one.
In addition, "to" now seems to be interchangeable for "too".
 
ComeFlyWithMe said:
"There", "they're", and "their". It seems most under 30 don't know the correct one.
In addition, "to" now seems to be interchangeable for "too".
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Yes it's reached the point where I'm surprised when someone gets it right!

(especially loose instead of lose)
 
SeatBackForward said:
Oh dear..

To actually make something vaguely interesting out of that rather sad picture, how much "Australian Law" is there? As a constitutional monarchy, aren't all our laws ultimately the Queens?
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To be fair, if you look up the jurisdictional application of what we know as "federal" law, it actually belongs to the Commonwealth (Cth). In addition, any legal cases which is the federal prosecutor against another party is abbreviated as R vs. ... (either Rex or Regina, otherwise also called The Crown).

That doesn't mean that federal laws as they apply in Australia is the same as that in other Commonwealth countries, however. I would say, for most intents and purposes, the need to distinguish between Australian federal and Commonwealth law is irrelevant.
 

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