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Bernardo de La Paz

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1. "fixtures"? How odd. Bizarre usage of the language.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:01 AM

Mar 2020

I'm sure it is quite common in the UK, but I've never heard the word used that way before. Perhaps because I don't follow sports; hardly at all, let alone UK sports.

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Premier League announce all fixtures suspended amid coronavirus outbreak [View all] Celerity Mar 2020 OP

"fixtures"? How odd. Bizarre usage of the language. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #1

LOL...yes, it is. DemInBuckhead Mar 2020 #2

Had to be done under the circumstances. T_i_B Mar 2020 #3