October 17, 2006
The Defence of Duffers Drift
"Now if they had given me a job,...like fighting the Battle of Waterloo, I knew all about that, as I had crammed it up..."
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It was nice of them to give us a glossary!
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Lieutenant Backsight Forethought Hmmm... Did someone say "sock puppet"?
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Finally got it all read ... am muddled now about Boers, about boars, about bores ...
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... and reading these doesn't help Boer sounds like bore, or like boo-er, or like the oo in moon or do, etc etc = Unconcensus.
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Me, I was taught it rhymed with moor. Or the way I've heard some say whore. /longs for languagehat
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Send him an email - he doesn't hang out here anymore, but did answer my last request for expertise.
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Right-o Wot's all this then?
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oh, he talks ... just not over here, path. Not in many months. Bees: this fool hardly ever emails anyone unless they email him first. Tentative Diagnosis: subject's aversion to intruding on other folks' privacy is a foible frequently observed in Bluenoses/Nova Scotians. Rebuttal of tentative diagnosis: Shy offstage. Very. Rebuttle rebottled: Poppycock! *hastily discards toadsuit, and dons another mask*