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Robert Allen is an experienced lexicographer and writer on language, and an honorary research fellow of the Department of English language at the University of Glasgow. He lives in Edinburgh. 
 
 
Robert Allen is an experienced lexicographer and writer on language, and an honorary research fellow of the Department of English language at the University of Glasgow. He lives in Edinburgh. 
 
 
Robert Allen is an experienced lexicographer and writer on language, and an honorary research fellow of the Department of English language at the University of Glasgow. He lives in Edinburgh.

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