2007-07-01

I laughed when I heard on the 2007-06-21 05:30 ABC RN broadcast of My Word. Denis Nordon had been asked by Jack Longland "What does the verb mean to Google". Jack used a short "Oh" as in "book" and Denis used the longer "Oh" as in "Sue" that we (post http://google.com) are all used to. I managed to get a copy of Frank Muir's 1976 book "The Frank Muir Book: An irreverent companion to social history" which is a fascinating collection of anecdotes and quotations collected as "Music", "Education", "Literature", "Theatre", "Art" and "Food and Drink". For example, "Show me the main who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore" Robert Morley. Or, "Education, n, That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding." Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary".

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