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Old 10-03-2018, 05:42 PM   #76
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"toe"

Huh. How about that. I wondered about the appropriate word to use while constructing that sentence, and couldn’t see how “toe” made much sense. But apparently...

”It is common practice in many long-established schools for roll-call to be taken twice a day, at which the pupils line up with their toes exactly along a particular line on the floor, while their names are called out for them to respond to, indicating their presence.”

Who knew?


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