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  #171  
Old May 30th 17, 11:13 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Paul Cummins[_7_]
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Default 300 miles of secret cycle paths have been discovered

In article ,
(JNugent) wrote:

Are you asserting - stupidly - that the owner or registered keeper
of a motor vehicle (let's say, for avoidance of doubt, a Ford
Mondeo) may lawfully use or keep that vehicle on a highway (in the
UK) without having paid a tax related to that use of that vehicle?


No, I am asserting that he does not need t pay either a specific tax to
use the road IN GENERAL, or a specific "road tax" to use the vehicle in
particular.

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  #172  
Old May 30th 17, 11:59 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
TMS320
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Posts: 3,875
Default 300 miles of secret cycle paths have been discovered

On 30/05/17 21:48, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 20:37, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 14:24, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 13:44, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 12:45, JNugent wrote:
On 30/05/2017 08:26, TMS320 wrote:
On 29/05/17 19:07, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 19:02:33 +0100, wrote:

No, I need someone to show where in government legislation I can
find road tax defined.

Why do you need this? Just what's wrong with your ****ed up
head? Do you never meet people, do you never hear it called road
tax? Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk (before
they made it paperless).

Everybody does not.

You probably meant "Not everybody does", because "Everybody does
not" (with its completely different meaning) is patently untrue and
a non-starter.

Most people will understand the meaning. Besides, my phrase does not
mean "nobody does" so is not an untruth.

That being the case, we can easily forgive your clumsy attempt at
manipulation of the language and accept that you were right in what
you were trying to say but couldn't quite manage: there are indeed
some people who - for various reasons which are entirely their own
- do not call Road Tax "Road Tax". For that reason JSW's "Everybody
either calls it road tax or a tax disk" has to be seen as a figure
of speech with "everybody" only meaning "a majority".

There, for instance, some people who cannot deal with anything in
terms not provided for in "government legislation". There are
others who cannot deal with any concepts in a way which undermines
a point they wish to try to make and are prepared to go to ever
more extreme extremities to avoid admitting the truth. There may
well be a considerable overlap between those two groups.

Look up the evolution of the English language, colloquialisms,
something, please. You're boring the group to tears.

Taking about something nick named "road tax" is the truly boring bit.

The real boring bit is the anorak-ish harumphing insistence that
the majority are wrong and the self-interested minority are right.

JSW is right insofar as he remarks (in terms) that most people call
Road Tax "Road Tax" and that is is perfectly acceptable to refer to
that tax in that way. I would add that anyone professing not to
undserstand the term is trying, but failing, to be deceitful.

"Government legislation" so loved of another poster here has never
yet managed to define and prescribe the English language as she is
spoken.

It is notable how you consistently dare not use the term VED as
though you're frightened it will summon the devil. It is very simple
to say "most people refer to VED as road tax".

Remind us - what is "road tax"? Try to keep it to one sentence
containing less than 10 words.

Ten words would be too few and would leave out something that the
anal retentives will argue about.


Four words. It is a nickname.

Road tax, is a tax which is paid by the majority of UK (and most
other countries') motor car, motorcycle and lorry, owners, so that
said vehicles may be legally (as far as that tax is related) driven
or parked on the public roads on a regular or irregular, frequent or
infrequent basis.


You're another that's obviously afraid of uttering the term VED.


Not at all, vehicle tax is another name for it, but road tax is what VED
is known as,

Well done. It wasn't that difficult.

  #174  
Old May 31st 17, 07:10 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
MrCheerful
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Posts: 4,757
Default 300 miles of secret cycle paths have been discovered

On 30/05/2017 23:59, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 21:48, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 20:37, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 14:24, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 13:44, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 12:45, JNugent wrote:
On 30/05/2017 08:26, TMS320 wrote:
On 29/05/17 19:07, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 19:02:33 +0100, wrote:

No, I need someone to show where in government legislation I
can find road tax defined.

Why do you need this? Just what's wrong with your ****ed up
head? Do you never meet people, do you never hear it called road
tax? Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk (before
they made it paperless).

Everybody does not.

You probably meant "Not everybody does", because "Everybody does
not" (with its completely different meaning) is patently untrue
and a non-starter.

Most people will understand the meaning. Besides, my phrase does
not mean "nobody does" so is not an untruth.

That being the case, we can easily forgive your clumsy attempt at
manipulation of the language and accept that you were right in
what you were trying to say but couldn't quite manage: there are
indeed some people who - for various reasons which are entirely
their own - do not call Road Tax "Road Tax". For that reason JSW's
"Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk" has to be seen
as a figure of speech with "everybody" only meaning "a majority".

There, for instance, some people who cannot deal with anything in
terms not provided for in "government legislation". There are
others who cannot deal with any concepts in a way which undermines
a point they wish to try to make and are prepared to go to ever
more extreme extremities to avoid admitting the truth. There may
well be a considerable overlap between those two groups.

Look up the evolution of the English language, colloquialisms,
something, please. You're boring the group to tears.

Taking about something nick named "road tax" is the truly boring
bit.

The real boring bit is the anorak-ish harumphing insistence that
the majority are wrong and the self-interested minority are right.

JSW is right insofar as he remarks (in terms) that most people
call Road Tax "Road Tax" and that is is perfectly acceptable to
refer to that tax in that way. I would add that anyone professing
not to undserstand the term is trying, but failing, to be deceitful.

"Government legislation" so loved of another poster here has never
yet managed to define and prescribe the English language as she is
spoken.

It is notable how you consistently dare not use the term VED as
though you're frightened it will summon the devil. It is very
simple to say "most people refer to VED as road tax".

Remind us - what is "road tax"? Try to keep it to one sentence
containing less than 10 words.

Ten words would be too few and would leave out something that the
anal retentives will argue about.

Four words. It is a nickname.

Road tax, is a tax which is paid by the majority of UK (and most
other countries') motor car, motorcycle and lorry, owners, so that
said vehicles may be legally (as far as that tax is related) driven
or parked on the public roads on a regular or irregular, frequent or
infrequent basis.

You're another that's obviously afraid of uttering the term VED.


Not at all, vehicle tax is another name for it, but road tax is what
VED is known as,

Well done. It wasn't that difficult.


There is no dispute about it, but road tax is what it is known as,
principally since it is legally necessary in the majority of cases in
order to use the motor vehicles on the public roads. Why do you find
that hard to accept?
  #175  
Old May 31st 17, 09:11 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
TMS320
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Posts: 3,875
Default 300 miles of secret cycle paths have been discovered

On 31/05/17 07:10, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 23:59, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 21:48, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 20:37, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 14:24, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 13:44, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 12:45, JNugent wrote:
On 30/05/2017 08:26, TMS320 wrote:
On 29/05/17 19:07, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 19:02:33 +0100,
wrote:

No, I need someone to show where in government legislation I
can find road tax defined.

Why do you need this? Just what's wrong with your ****ed up
head? Do you never meet people, do you never hear it called
road tax? Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk
(before they made it paperless).

Everybody does not.

You probably meant "Not everybody does", because "Everybody does
not" (with its completely different meaning) is patently untrue
and a non-starter.

Most people will understand the meaning. Besides, my phrase does
not mean "nobody does" so is not an untruth.

That being the case, we can easily forgive your clumsy attempt at
manipulation of the language and accept that you were right in
what you were trying to say but couldn't quite manage: there are
indeed some people who - for various reasons which are entirely
their own - do not call Road Tax "Road Tax". For that reason
JSW's "Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk" has to
be seen as a figure of speech with "everybody" only meaning "a
majority".

There, for instance, some people who cannot deal with anything in
terms not provided for in "government legislation". There are
others who cannot deal with any concepts in a way which
undermines a point they wish to try to make and are prepared to
go to ever more extreme extremities to avoid admitting the truth.
There may well be a considerable overlap between those two groups.

Look up the evolution of the English language, colloquialisms,
something, please. You're boring the group to tears.

Taking about something nick named "road tax" is the truly boring
bit.

The real boring bit is the anorak-ish harumphing insistence that
the majority are wrong and the self-interested minority are right.

JSW is right insofar as he remarks (in terms) that most people
call Road Tax "Road Tax" and that is is perfectly acceptable to
refer to that tax in that way. I would add that anyone professing
not to undserstand the term is trying, but failing, to be deceitful.

"Government legislation" so loved of another poster here has
never yet managed to define and prescribe the English language as
she is spoken.

It is notable how you consistently dare not use the term VED as
though you're frightened it will summon the devil. It is very
simple to say "most people refer to VED as road tax".

Remind us - what is "road tax"? Try to keep it to one sentence
containing less than 10 words.

Ten words would be too few and would leave out something that the
anal retentives will argue about.

Four words. It is a nickname.

Road tax, is a tax which is paid by the majority of UK (and most
other countries') motor car, motorcycle and lorry, owners, so that
said vehicles may be legally (as far as that tax is related) driven
or parked on the public roads on a regular or irregular, frequent
or infrequent basis.

You're another that's obviously afraid of uttering the term VED.

Not at all, vehicle tax is another name for it, but road tax is what
VED is known as,

Well done. It wasn't that difficult.


There is no dispute about it, but road tax is what it is known as,


Yes, the tax is merely "known as".

principally since it is legally necessary in the majority of cases in
order to use the motor vehicles on the public roads. Why do you find
that hard to accept?


It is not difficult to accept that there is a tax. It's moronist that
fail to grasp that it's JUST A TAX and the name they have given it is
JUST A NAME.
  #176  
Old May 31st 17, 09:15 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
MrCheerful
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Posts: 4,757
Default 300 miles of secret cycle paths have been discovered

On 31/05/2017 09:11, TMS320 wrote:
On 31/05/17 07:10, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 23:59, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 21:48, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 20:37, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 14:24, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 13:44, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 12:45, JNugent wrote:
On 30/05/2017 08:26, TMS320 wrote:
On 29/05/17 19:07, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 19:02:33 +0100,
wrote:

No, I need someone to show where in government legislation I
can find road tax defined.

Why do you need this? Just what's wrong with your ****ed up
head? Do you never meet people, do you never hear it called
road tax? Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk
(before they made it paperless).

Everybody does not.

You probably meant "Not everybody does", because "Everybody does
not" (with its completely different meaning) is patently untrue
and a non-starter.

Most people will understand the meaning. Besides, my phrase does
not mean "nobody does" so is not an untruth.

That being the case, we can easily forgive your clumsy attempt
at manipulation of the language and accept that you were right
in what you were trying to say but couldn't quite manage: there
are indeed some people who - for various reasons which are
entirely their own - do not call Road Tax "Road Tax". For that
reason JSW's "Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk"
has to be seen as a figure of speech with "everybody" only
meaning "a majority".

There, for instance, some people who cannot deal with anything
in terms not provided for in "government legislation". There are
others who cannot deal with any concepts in a way which
undermines a point they wish to try to make and are prepared to
go to ever more extreme extremities to avoid admitting the
truth. There may well be a considerable overlap between those
two groups.

Look up the evolution of the English language, colloquialisms,
something, please. You're boring the group to tears.

Taking about something nick named "road tax" is the truly
boring bit.

The real boring bit is the anorak-ish harumphing insistence that
the majority are wrong and the self-interested minority are right.

JSW is right insofar as he remarks (in terms) that most people
call Road Tax "Road Tax" and that is is perfectly acceptable to
refer to that tax in that way. I would add that anyone
professing not to undserstand the term is trying, but failing,
to be deceitful.

"Government legislation" so loved of another poster here has
never yet managed to define and prescribe the English language
as she is spoken.

It is notable how you consistently dare not use the term VED as
though you're frightened it will summon the devil. It is very
simple to say "most people refer to VED as road tax".

Remind us - what is "road tax"? Try to keep it to one sentence
containing less than 10 words.

Ten words would be too few and would leave out something that the
anal retentives will argue about.

Four words. It is a nickname.

Road tax, is a tax which is paid by the majority of UK (and most
other countries') motor car, motorcycle and lorry, owners, so that
said vehicles may be legally (as far as that tax is related)
driven or parked on the public roads on a regular or irregular,
frequent or infrequent basis.

You're another that's obviously afraid of uttering the term VED.

Not at all, vehicle tax is another name for it, but road tax is what
VED is known as,
Well done. It wasn't that difficult.


There is no dispute about it, but road tax is what it is known as,


Yes, the tax is merely "known as".

principally since it is legally necessary in the majority of cases in
order to use the motor vehicles on the public roads. Why do you find
that hard to accept?


It is not difficult to accept that there is a tax. It's moronist that
fail to grasp that it's JUST A TAX and the name they have given it is
JUST A NAME.


and it is an accurately descriptive name.
  #177  
Old May 31st 17, 09:29 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
TMS320
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Posts: 3,875
Default 300 miles of secret cycle paths have been discovered

On 31/05/17 09:15, MrCheerful wrote:
On 31/05/2017 09:11, TMS320 wrote:
On 31/05/17 07:10, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 23:59, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 21:48, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 20:37, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 14:24, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 13:44, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 12:45, JNugent wrote:
On 30/05/2017 08:26, TMS320 wrote:
On 29/05/17 19:07, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 19:02:33 +0100,
wrote:

No, I need someone to show where in government legislation I
can find road tax defined.

Why do you need this? Just what's wrong with your ****ed up
head? Do you never meet people, do you never hear it called
road tax? Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk
(before they made it paperless).

Everybody does not.

You probably meant "Not everybody does", because "Everybody
does not" (with its completely different meaning) is patently
untrue and a non-starter.

Most people will understand the meaning. Besides, my phrase does
not mean "nobody does" so is not an untruth.

That being the case, we can easily forgive your clumsy attempt
at manipulation of the language and accept that you were right
in what you were trying to say but couldn't quite manage: there
are indeed some people who - for various reasons which are
entirely their own - do not call Road Tax "Road Tax". For that
reason JSW's "Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk"
has to be seen as a figure of speech with "everybody" only
meaning "a majority".

There, for instance, some people who cannot deal with anything
in terms not provided for in "government legislation". There
are others who cannot deal with any concepts in a way which
undermines a point they wish to try to make and are prepared to
go to ever more extreme extremities to avoid admitting the
truth. There may well be a considerable overlap between those
two groups.

Look up the evolution of the English language,
colloquialisms, something, please. You're boring the group to
tears.

Taking about something nick named "road tax" is the truly
boring bit.

The real boring bit is the anorak-ish harumphing insistence
that the majority are wrong and the self-interested minority
are right.

JSW is right insofar as he remarks (in terms) that most people
call Road Tax "Road Tax" and that is is perfectly acceptable to
refer to that tax in that way. I would add that anyone
professing not to undserstand the term is trying, but failing,
to be deceitful.

"Government legislation" so loved of another poster here has
never yet managed to define and prescribe the English language
as she is spoken.

It is notable how you consistently dare not use the term VED as
though you're frightened it will summon the devil. It is very
simple to say "most people refer to VED as road tax".

Remind us - what is "road tax"? Try to keep it to one sentence
containing less than 10 words.

Ten words would be too few and would leave out something that the
anal retentives will argue about.

Four words. It is a nickname.

Road tax, is a tax which is paid by the majority of UK (and most
other countries') motor car, motorcycle and lorry, owners, so
that said vehicles may be legally (as far as that tax is related)
driven or parked on the public roads on a regular or irregular,
frequent or infrequent basis.

You're another that's obviously afraid of uttering the term VED.

Not at all, vehicle tax is another name for it, but road tax is
what VED is known as,
Well done. It wasn't that difficult.

There is no dispute about it, but road tax is what it is known as,


Yes, the tax is merely "known as".

principally since it is legally necessary in the majority of cases in
order to use the motor vehicles on the public roads. Why do you find
that hard to accept?


It is not difficult to accept that there is a tax. It's moronist that
fail to grasp that it's JUST A TAX and the name they have given it is
JUST A NAME.


and it is an accurately descriptive name.


You see, you're one of the ones that has the difficulty.
  #178  
Old May 31st 17, 10:30 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Peter Keller[_3_]
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Posts: 8,736
Default 300 miles of secret cycle paths have been discovered

On 30.05.2017 09:10, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Don't snip posts.


Why not?
  #179  
Old May 31st 17, 11:17 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
MrCheerful
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,757
Default 300 miles of secret cycle paths have been discovered

On 31/05/2017 09:29, TMS320 wrote:
On 31/05/17 09:15, MrCheerful wrote:
On 31/05/2017 09:11, TMS320 wrote:
On 31/05/17 07:10, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 23:59, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 21:48, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 20:37, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 14:24, MrCheerful wrote:
On 30/05/2017 13:44, TMS320 wrote:
On 30/05/17 12:45, JNugent wrote:
On 30/05/2017 08:26, TMS320 wrote:
On 29/05/17 19:07, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 19:02:33 +0100,
wrote:

No, I need someone to show where in government legislation
I can find road tax defined.

Why do you need this? Just what's wrong with your ****ed up
head? Do you never meet people, do you never hear it called
road tax? Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk
(before they made it paperless).

Everybody does not.

You probably meant "Not everybody does", because "Everybody
does not" (with its completely different meaning) is patently
untrue and a non-starter.

Most people will understand the meaning. Besides, my phrase
does not mean "nobody does" so is not an untruth.

That being the case, we can easily forgive your clumsy attempt
at manipulation of the language and accept that you were right
in what you were trying to say but couldn't quite manage:
there are indeed some people who - for various reasons which
are entirely their own - do not call Road Tax "Road Tax". For
that reason JSW's "Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax
disk" has to be seen as a figure of speech with "everybody"
only meaning "a majority".

There, for instance, some people who cannot deal with anything
in terms not provided for in "government legislation". There
are others who cannot deal with any concepts in a way which
undermines a point they wish to try to make and are prepared
to go to ever more extreme extremities to avoid admitting the
truth. There may well be a considerable overlap between those
two groups.

Look up the evolution of the English language,
colloquialisms, something, please. You're boring the group
to tears.

Taking about something nick named "road tax" is the truly
boring bit.

The real boring bit is the anorak-ish harumphing insistence
that the majority are wrong and the self-interested minority
are right.

JSW is right insofar as he remarks (in terms) that most people
call Road Tax "Road Tax" and that is is perfectly acceptable
to refer to that tax in that way. I would add that anyone
professing not to undserstand the term is trying, but failing,
to be deceitful.

"Government legislation" so loved of another poster here has
never yet managed to define and prescribe the English language
as she is spoken.

It is notable how you consistently dare not use the term VED as
though you're frightened it will summon the devil. It is very
simple to say "most people refer to VED as road tax".

Remind us - what is "road tax"? Try to keep it to one sentence
containing less than 10 words.

Ten words would be too few and would leave out something that
the anal retentives will argue about.

Four words. It is a nickname.

Road tax, is a tax which is paid by the majority of UK (and most
other countries') motor car, motorcycle and lorry, owners, so
that said vehicles may be legally (as far as that tax is
related) driven or parked on the public roads on a regular or
irregular, frequent or infrequent basis.

You're another that's obviously afraid of uttering the term VED.

Not at all, vehicle tax is another name for it, but road tax is
what VED is known as,
Well done. It wasn't that difficult.

There is no dispute about it, but road tax is what it is known as,

Yes, the tax is merely "known as".

principally since it is legally necessary in the majority of cases
in order to use the motor vehicles on the public roads. Why do you
find that hard to accept?

It is not difficult to accept that there is a tax. It's moronist that
fail to grasp that it's JUST A TAX and the name they have given it is
JUST A NAME.


and it is an accurately descriptive name.


You see, you're one of the ones that has the difficulty.


The thing you have difficulty in grasping is that the best name for
anything is one which simply describes its purpose. 'Road tax' does
just that, and it will be continued to be called that (by all regular
people) long after we are all dead and gone.
  #180  
Old May 31st 17, 02:58 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
jnugent
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 11,574
Default 300 miles of secret cycle paths have been discovered

On 30/05/2017 13:44, TMS320 wrote:

On 30/05/17 12:45, JNugent wrote:
On 30/05/2017 08:26, TMS320 wrote:
On 29/05/17 19:07, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 19:02:33 +0100, wrote:


No, I need someone to show where in government legislation I can
find road tax defined.

Why do you need this? Just what's wrong with your ****ed up head?
Do you never meet people, do you never hear it called road tax?
Everybody either calls it road tax or a tax disk (before they made
it paperless).

Everybody does not.


You probably meant "Not everybody does", because "Everybody does not"
(with its completely different meaning) is patently untrue and a
non-starter.


Most people will understand the meaning. Besides, my phrase does not
mean "nobody does" so is not an untruth.


Your response is both disappointing and (I don't mind admitting) surprising.

"Everybody does not" and "nobody does" are identical in meaning.

Ordering it as "not everyone does" would be a different matter.

That being the case, we can easily forgive your clumsy attempt at
manipulation of the language and accept that you were right in what
you were trying to say but couldn't quite manage: there are indeed
some people who - for various reasons which are entirely their own -
do not call Road Tax "Road Tax". For that reason JSW's "Everybody
either calls it road tax or a tax disk" has to be seen as a figure of
speech with "everybody" only meaning "a majority".

There, for instance, some people who cannot deal with anything in
terms not provided for in "government legislation". There are others
who cannot deal with any concepts in a way which undermines a point
they wish to try to make and are prepared to go to ever more extreme
extremities to avoid admitting the truth. There may well be a
considerable overlap between those two groups.

Look up the evolution of the English language, colloquialisms,
something, please. You're boring the group to tears.


Taking about something nick named "road tax" is the truly boring bit.


The real boring bit is the anorak-ish harumphing insistence that the
majority are wrong and the self-interested minority are right.

JSW is right insofar as he remarks (in terms) that most people call
Road Tax "Road Tax" and that is is perfectly acceptable to refer to
that tax in that way. I would add that anyone professing not to
undserstand the term is trying, but failing, to be deceitful.

"Government legislation" so loved of another poster here has never yet
managed to define and prescribe the English language as she is spoken.


It is notable how you consistently dare not use the term VED as though
you're frightened it will summon the devil. It is very simple to say
"most people refer to VED as road tax".


I don't use the phrase you cite because it is not in common usage and
nothing turns on the use of one term or the other.

Where there is an important technical distinction to be drawn (eg, the
clumsy "pavement" versus the correct "footway"), I use only the correct
term because only the correct term is unambiguous.

Road Tax is the name the tax had when it came into being. Renaming it is
a matter of style, not of substance. It makes precisely no difference.

Remind us - what is "road tax"? Try to keep it to one sentence
containing less than 10 words.


Although you often try to give the opposite impression, you are neither
so stupid nor so ignorant as to not know what Road Tax is.

 




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