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|    Ardith Hinton to Paul Quinn    |
|    Anecdotes about translators    |
|    06 Oct 21 23:26:28    |
      MSGID: 1:153/716.0 15e6aee0       REPLY: 3:640/1384 2c21561b       CHRS: IBMPC 2       Hi, Paul! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:              AH> According to Uncle Google, the idea that a "pregnant goldfish"       AH> may be referred to as a "twit" is an urban legend from Australia.              PQ> It's harkening back to the misty memory of long-gone youth.                       Various people have reported they heard it in their youth & believed       it at the time...                            PQ> I did think, later, that it was a suggestive Monty Python line        PQ> but cannot find any reference.                      ... but now suspect it was meant to be a joke. Uncle Google has yet       to find anyone who can recall where they first heard it. OTOH, I wouldn't put       it past Monty Python. Dallas & I often watched the show as well... [chuckle].                            AH> I cited THE FREE DICTIONARY in this case because it includes              PQ> I did see that much later. Nice try. ;)                      Thank you. Another reason, of course, is that a bunch of rude words       in a single message might upset some folks. If I advise reading a dictionary,       that's what English teachers do... and I didn't write the content myself. :-Q       --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+        * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 14/0 18/0 19/10 30/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 116/116       SEEN-BY: 120/340 123/0 25 40 126 131 150 180 190 200 755 129/305 135/300       SEEN-BY: 138/146 153/250 757 7715 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0 1 6 360       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 702 229/424 426 664 700 240/1120 5832 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 261/38 280/5003 282/1038 301/0 1 101 113 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/11 200 423/81 460/58 640/1138 1321 1384 712/848       SEEN-BY: 920/1 3634/0 12 15 27 50 5020/1042 5058/104       PATH: 153/7715 3634/12 640/1384 221/1 301/1 229/426           |
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