Brian Hooper

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I started off programming in BBC Basic and 6502 assembler. I got my first job programming in FORTRAN on VMS, and since then have picked up C, C++ and SQL on VMS and Unix, with excursions into VB and IBM 360 assembler.

I drink real ale, play wargames and contract bridge, and walk in the country.

And, yes, I have a beard.

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44	What pair of words can be combined with “worth every penny” as an idiom?
41	What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
32	What does “a couple” mean to you, and what does “a few” mean to you?
22	Decision to not speak on confidential matters
21	What is “a canary in a coal mine”?

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+10	Is there a word for “drab” with a positive connotation?
+10	Chuffed - happy or unhappy?
+5	Why is a “fountain pen” so called?
+10	Expression: Bag of hammers

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37	What is meant by “don't piss on my boots and tell me it's raining”?
22	Word meaning “the act of intending to do nothing”
18	Why do we “get cold feet”?
17	What is the word for dating documents by the mistakes in them?
16	Why do we “paint the town red”?

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