User:Mutt Lunker

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User information This user is from Scotland. This user is fly. This user is part Australian. This user is a member of a trade union. This user practises Iyengar yoga. This user is an engineer. Cyrl-2 ДThis user has an intermediate understanding of the Cyrillic script. This user participates in WikiProject Scotland. This user has been accused of being a sock puppet. This user has been accused of being a Nazi. This user has been accused of being a quisling. This user has been accused of being a nationalist. This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 3 months and 20 days.

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This user travels quite a lot. ...also, but only in transit

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"facts are chiels that winna ding" Robert Burns		"אַ שפראַך איז אַ דיאַלעקט מיט אַן אַרמײ און פֿלאָט"	"a shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot"	"A language is a dialect with an army and navy." (unaccredited quote by Max Weinreich)

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self portrait mutt lunker

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Master Editor The Original Barnstar For removing cruft from "List of British words not widely used in the United States" and keeping the page reasonably sane PRL42 The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar Awarded for your longstanding efforts in monitoring and maintaining the Edinburgh article LordHarris (talk) 20:20, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

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