# Chris Carter

**URL:** <https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/chris-carter/2826>\
**Category:** The Archers\
**Created:** [23 July 2020 13:22 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/chris-carter/2826 "2020-07-23T13:22:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/fanta/32/98_2.png) [@Fanta](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Fanta)\
**Post date:** [23 July 2020 13:22 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/chris-carter/2826/1 "2020-07-23T13:22:55Z")

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said “no more drinking on a school night”.

Is this some new way of saying a work night, or a week night, which I have not encountered before?

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**Author:** ![Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/carinthia/32/6542_2.png) [@Carinthia](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Carinthia)\
**Post date:** [23 July 2020 13:27 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/chris-carter/2826/2 "2020-07-23T13:27:48Z")

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I think so, Fishy. I’m hearing it a lot these days

Carinthia.xx

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**Post date:** [23 July 2020 13:35 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/chris-carter/2826/3 "2020-07-23T13:35:53Z")

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I don’t hear it from actual yoof, but I do hear it from tired middle-aged men who would like to be yoof again.

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**Author:** ![JustJanie](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/justjanie/32/42_2.png) [@JustJanie](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/JustJanie)\
**Post date:** [23 July 2020 14:51 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/chris-carter/2826/4 "2020-07-23T14:51:43Z")

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It might have travelled across the Atlantic recently, because I have been hearing it on this side for years.

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**Author:** ![Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/user_avatar/discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/gus/32/11_2.png) [@Gus](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/u/Gus)\
**Post date:** [23 July 2020 15:02 UTC](https://discussion.ambridgereporter.org.uk/t/chris-carter/2826/5 "2020-07-23T15:02:59Z")

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> [@JustJanie](#):
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> might have travelled across the Atlantic recently

At least 19 years ago: I remember it was in (over) use at my new firm when I changed jobs, and I’m fairly sure I had come across it elsewhere from time to time before that