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Putting the ‘rogue’ in ‘prorogue’

Posted on 11th September 201911th September 2019by Jack Fifield
Protesters standing by The Cenotaph in Bristol, protesting the prorogation of Parliament.

The word ‘prorogue’ has been enjoying its time in the spotlight this week, and many, not least angry protesters, have expertly deduced that the word ‘prorogue’ looks like the words ‘pro rogue’. This begs the question: are these words actually related? To start my investigation, I turned to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). As an […]

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UWE Bristol graduate with a 2:1 in English Language & Linguistics.

Experienced in journalism, I broke a national story about student accommodation as Editor-in-Chief of UWE’s HUB Magazine.

Since, I have interned at Bristol24/7, a local news publication, where I edited the annual student guide and wrote a number of different articles, including investigative and news pieces.

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