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Reply to post: Re: Obvious answer to grammar nazi:

Erm... what did you say again, dear reader?

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Re: Obvious answer to grammar nazi:

"I'll get me mantle..."

Mantle is Middle English, from the Anglo-French mantel, and originally Latin mantellum. The OE word for cape or cloak is sciccing.

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