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[doyle]

English people on my flist - any of you go to a Church of England school? Or know of someone who did?

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[arundhathi.livejournal.com]

I went to C of E first and middle schools - up to age 13 - then not after that.

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you. I noticed a fic review on ff.net was taking an author to task for saying a character had gone to a C of E school because there's apparently no such thing - I blinked, said "what? Yes there are!" and decided I needed verification...

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Yes there is, to be more grammatical...

[arundhathi.livejournal.com]

How weird. It's not like they're obscure, even. Probably there are fewer now with church affiliation than there used to be, but I can still name a handful of state schools in Bradford that are CofE just off the top of my head.

[leyenn.livejournal.com]

I went to a C of E primary school, possibly two actually, don't quite remember about the first one.

I blinked, said "what? Yes there are!" and decided I needed verification...

I can beat that. An American friend of mine was once yelled at by her RL writing group for writing an English character wrong, because (and I quote from her quote) 'British people don't speak using contractions'. Really, some days there's no end to the *mindboggle*...