Talk:Billy Hill (gangster)

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An anonymous (sockpuppet?) user changed "burglarizing" to "burgling," claiming the former "is not a word."

Not only is "burglarizing" a word, it's the standard American English use, whereas "burgling" is the non-standard use, per Merriam Webster. "Burglarizing" also has a lengthy entry in the OED.

Notwithstanding 213.246.142.129 is an ISP from The Netherlands, where English is not the native language, perhaps 213.246.142.129 could, in the future, refrain from lecturing others on the proper use of the English language. sure but lets be honest,standard american english is not the queens english so bollocks. I have not changed the text back in the original entry, which I wrote BTW, as that would be a pointless "editing war."

But, 213.246.142.129, before you play "schoolmarm" again, you might want to crack a dictionary first. David Hoag 01:52, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

'Burgling', `burglar' and `burglary' are the correct words in British (& Irish, Australian and New Zealand) English. Would you call a burglar a `burglarizer' who committed many `burglarizations'? This article is about a British subject and British English seems to be appropriate. `Burglarizing' etc seems to be based on the principle that more educated speakers and writers use longer words, a `schoolmarmish' idea if ever there was one. Another example of polysyllabic syndrome being the incorrect use of `transportation' (an obsolete punishment by forced exile) for the correct form `transport'. The fact that an editor's ISP comes from the Netherlands is irrelevant as mother-tongue English speakers from the UK and elsewhere can enter the Netherlands as tourists, temporary or permanent residents, and English is the second language of many Dutch people, who speak it very well in many cases. Barney Bruchstein (talk) 21:20, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Official website=malware?

According to my webshield anyway. Anyone care to confirm? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.177.43.76 (talk) 10:34, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

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