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I think that, like a hosepipe ban, we might just be spared the permanent establishment of the term 7/7. After all, some people were inexplicably fond of the phrase Y2K, meaning 2000, and it seems as ridiculous now as platform soles for men.
I find 7/7 distasteful. It is non-native, and it makes claims for an event that unfortunately are unlikely to persist....
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