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Tanllan Supreme Member Offline Posts: 797 Gender:	Re: Biased 101 report on BBC Reply #90 - Mar 10^th, 2006 at 11:04pm Quote: 15 references for biased versus only 5 for biassed. It appears biassed is permitted in North America but is not used in the UK. So is capital punishment, but I remain to be convinced that we should have it here.
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NonGeographicalMan Ex Member	Re: Biased 101 report on BBC Reply #91 - Mar 11^th, 2006 at 12:19am Tanllan wrote on Mar 10^th, 2006 at 11:04pm: So is capital punishment, but I remain to be convinced that we should have it here. It seems Americans rationali z e these things differently
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Re: Biased 101 report on BBC
Reply #92 - Mar 11^th, 2006 at 12:29am

Wicked wrote on Mar 10^th, 2006 at 9:56pm:

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Dave I hate to point out that Biased has only one s and is spelt BIASED not BIASSED

Oops.
http://www.onelook.com/?w=biassed&ls=a

OK - but this is a British website and those 5 references are all 'non-British' English dictionaries.

And the link you provide has a note at the top:
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Note: More dictionaries have definitions for: biased

and that provides a list of 16 references with only one "s" - True English Tongue

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trevord Full Member Offline Posts: 248 West Sussex, UK Gender:	Re: Biased 101 report on BBC Reply #93 - Mar 11^th, 2006 at 12:32am Quote: It seems Americans rationali z e these things differently Do they? I thought certain Americans were incapable of rationalising anything - but that's not only off topic, but way off this board!
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mc661 Senior Member Offline Habitual FOI requester. Posts: 432 West-Norfolk Gender:	Re: Ofcom Consults on 101 Police Number & Call Cos Reply #94 - Mar 11^th, 2006 at 11:42pm is this how low this forum has got now? Moaning about how people spell? Sheesh Goodbye.
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trevord Full Member Offline Posts: 248 West Sussex, UK Gender:	Re: Ofcom Consults on 101 Police Number & Call Cos Reply #95 - Mar 12^th, 2006 at 12:10am mc661 wrote on Mar 11^th, 2006 at 11:42pm: is this how low this forum has got now? Moaning about how people spell? Sheesh Goodbye. Sorry if you're offended mc661 - speaking for myself, my comments were intended only as light-hearted banter - just a little light relief from the heavy topics.
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bbb_uk Global Moderator Offline Posts: 2,041	Re: Ofcom Consults on 101 Police Number & Call Cos Reply #96 - Mar 12^th, 2006 at 9:35am I agree its been a little light relief but can we stay more on topic please!
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kk Senior Member Offline Posts: 354 Gender:	Re: Ofcom Consults on 101 Police Number & Call Cos Reply #97 - Mar 12^th, 2006 at 10:17am From reports in the media, 101 is now in use at 10p a call. Is this true? What is the Ofcom consultation for?
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Reply #98 - Mar 12^th, 2006 at 5:52pm

Media you are reading are obviously confused. Its unlikely to come in to operation for at least a year or two as there would have to be lots of systems developmen work on the national telephone network and with the many uk regional police forces. They have also have to cope with a whole load of possible Police force mergers too.

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Reply #99 - Mar 12^th, 2006 at 6:43pm

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kk wrote on Mar 12^th, 2006 at 10:17am:

From reports in the media, 101 is now in use at 10p a call.

Is this true?

... Its unlikely to come in to operation for at least a year or two ...

ITN says that it will shortly be on trial in selected police areas:
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Police launch non-emergency number
8.20PM, Wed Mar 8 2006

...

Five areas - Hampshire, Northumbria, Cardiff, Sheffield and two areas in Leicestershire, Leicester City and Rutland County - will pilot the scheme this summer and it will be rolled out across England and Wales by 2008.

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NonGeographicalMan Ex Member	Re: Ofcom Consults on 101 Police Number & Call Cos Reply #100 - Mar 12^th, 2006 at 6:59pm trevord wrote on Mar 12^th, 2006 at 6:43pm: ITN says that it will shortly be on trial in selected police areas: I expect they were using the Ofcom definition of either Shortly or for that matter Spring which in either case usually occurs much later than you might suppose would be the case.
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trevord Full Member Offline Posts: 248 West Sussex, UK Gender:	Re: Ofcom Consults on 101 Police Number & Call Cos Reply #101 - Mar 13^th, 2006 at 6:09pm Quote: trevord wrote on Mar 12^th, 2006 at 6:43pm: ITN says that it will shortly be on trial in selected police areas: I expect they were using the Ofcom definition of ... Shortly It was actually me that used the word "shortly" - what ITN wrote is in the quote.
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Re: Ofcom Consults on 101 Police Number & Call Cos
Reply #102 - Mar 13^th, 2006 at 11:42pm

From the Ofcom Statement on Single Non-emergency Number:
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The Tariff

6.6 In the October consultation Ofcom suggested four tariff options that the Home Office
considered might be appropriate:
a) Option 1: free to caller including free from payphones and mobiles
b) Option 2: 10 pence-per-call
c) Option 3: 3 pence-per-minute
d) Option 4: 10 pence-per-call initially, with the intention to moving to free to
caller in the future
Responses received

6.7 Nine respondents preferred the first option. ...
6.8 No respondents preferred the second option, one respondent preferred the third
option and four respondents preferred the fourth option.

So, of course they go for the option that no-one wanted! Cry

Maybe we should all have voted for this option so that they would have rejected it? Tongue

They have also ignored - without comment - a number of the good arguments that were given against choosing "101" as the number.

Clearly, no real point in having a consultation except to keep the OfCon lords in work until they get to the Lords! Roll Eyes

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Tanllan Supreme Member Offline Posts: 797 Gender:	Re: Ofcom Consults on 101 Police Number & Call Cos Reply #103 - Mar 14^th, 2006 at 3:56am Oh dear. All this makes me wonder if "consults" is some form of contraction of "Condescendingly insults"?
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101 number extension
Reply #104 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 12:56pm

I can't find the topic for this although I thought there might be one so I am sure someone will move it if appropriate. I was appalled to be told today by my husband who works in local government that the govt is forcing local authorities to use the 101 rip off number, as well as the police. I think this is a disgrace, although I am a little puzzled by the sort of non-emergency emergencies envisaged - noise nuisance? flooding? all of these should be on ordinary numbers of course. I wonder did NGM know of this? Or any of the other councillors or MPs who use the site?

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