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On 28 February 2012 00:39, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Monday 27 February 2012 23:29:35 Robin Atwood wrote: |
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>> "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, |
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>> Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" |
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>> from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling |
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> Please check the spelling of the third word in that quotation. I'm pretty |
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> certain that "somewheres" is purely American, which of course Kipling was |
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> not. |
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He was, however, a poet, which gives him the teensiest bit of lee-way. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_Suez |
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Please don't send html emails to the list, nor correct the |
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grammar/spelling of a quotation that you have not googl'd for |
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verification. Alternately, you may contact Mr. Kipling directly. |
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