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There's a Scottish politician whose first name is Johann, pronounced Jo-Ann. Is this a variant maybe more commonly found elsewhere?

This is just the old 'marriage is a religious institution' argument, which is historically untrue and a pointless nonsense anyway. The government is no more capable of getting 'out of the marriage business' than it is of abolishing war. Marriage is a government business and so it must be equal.

@Ran: just got redirected to this site. http://babittedwinner.men/?isp=British Telecommunications Plc&td=track.happinessandloves.com&voluumdata=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&clickid=4ffbf7f9-a2fb-4f31-b51b-a8dc4aff376e&zoneid=38265# I'd stepped away from the keyboard for a bit: the browser tab was open to the board and I heard something, came back and it had redirected to that message.

Ran: another example of a video ad pulling me to the foot of the screen. https://gcdn.2mdn.net/videoplayback/id/5b9bcb2c5aa4031f/itag/342/source/doubleclick_dmm/ratebypass/yes/acao/yes/ip/0.0.0.0/ipbits/0/expire/3639039990/sparams/id,itag,source,ratebypass,acao,ip,ipbits,expire/signature/A1F3B716654221C47CF62A8DD3A95CFC730CCC0C.B2CDA47E88A44C9CF454BC56654B9EEC2219969B/key/ck2/file/file.mp4

Now that I think of it, isn't the same true of Lindsay/Lindsey?

Clear your cache.

Ormond: related to Agnes' popularity in Scotland (currently low, it's still seen as old-fashioned, but it may be due for a revival) - do you know that a popular Scottish nickname for women called 'Agnes' was/is 'Senga'?

You're going to need Ran for this one, Ormond: sorry.

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I think you might not get that option until you have posted at least once (in a forum that actually increases your post count, which 'Help' does not).