In article , Richard J.
writes
sigh Another sign that English isn't taught well these days. If you had
been brought up in, say, Liverpool or Manchester, you would have been very
familiar with the large store called Lewis's (different company to John
Lewis).

Ahem, or Birmingham! ;-)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK
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London & the Heart of England
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