On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:58:44 +0100, Molly Mockford
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> At 07:19:35 on Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Woody Wordpecker <exw6sxq@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote in <77np649ihudqeork0ljd75cnq8b7embqa3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >It also needs to be said that we wouldn't use "alternate"
> >for "alternative" in all cases. For example, commonly heard
> >phrases are "alternative medicine" and "alternative
> >lifestyle". I wouldn't expect to hear an American
> >substitute "alternate" in those phrases.
>
> And yet, when The Monkees were told that they could not call their
> latest record "Randy Scouse Git", it became "Alternate Title".
Reminds me of a musical group we used to hear about years
ago. I imagine a group sitting around trying to dream up a
name for their group. Somebody says, "How about 'Something
Smith and the Redheads'?"
Guess what the name of the group became.
Smatter a fact, I now see that that title gets 268 Google
hits.
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