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Chris -- 2025-05-10
1931 might be poor recallection, but there is a document dated from around that time entitled “Maybury Report – Traffic Signs” in the University of Warwick library. http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/vie … php?t=9638
Plenty more by googling. Adrian
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I found this discussion on the Wordcraft forum about the confusion between “recall” and “recollection.”
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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