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Not one of their most sensible transcriptions

1841
John Lowe, 40, Solicitor's Clerk
Mary Ditto, 40
Mary Ditto, 20
William Ditto, 20
Clarissa Ditto, 16
Edward Ditto, 13
Thomas Ditto, 11

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Ditto that! :grin:
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This supports the theory that the transcription work for the census was outsourced to India with non-english speaking transcribers. Either that or its someone who is the product of the great British eduction system and has no idea what Ditto means.
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It reminds me of a memorable achievement when I scored -21/20 (minus 21 out of 20) in French dictée because I tried to spell-out all the punctuation marks :oops:
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