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Re:Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Mi... by david-given on Monday August 08, 2016 @07:14AM (#12246814)
Go read any of Dorothy Sayer's Peter Wimsey novels --- not only are they excellent, but they're an interesting insight into upper-class cultureof the 1920s. The main character says this a lot.
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Re:Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Mi... by dempseye on Monday August 08, 2016 @07:44AM (#12246938)
Says what, though? I'm just looking for a single sentence that demonstrates the particular usage.
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Re:Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Mi... by david-given on Monday August 08, 2016 @08:36AM (#12247205)
Search this for 'Town':

http://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/sayers-busman/sayers-busman-0...

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Re:Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Mi... by dempseye on Monday August 08, 2016 @08:56AM (#12247330)
It all seems perfectly normal to me apart from the capitalisation. Is that what is notable about it or is that a tic of this author?

"On the way up to Town..."

"We started back to Town..."

"I'd come up to Town one morning..."

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Re:Street food chef's stall becomes world's first to earn Mi... by david-given on Monday August 08, 2016 @10:24AM (#12247993)
Town is always London in this context.
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