Yes, I used to read the Times every day around 1978. It took me all morning but it was worth it. Then they had a strike and I didn't resume when they did. The Times today is a very different newspaper.
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Yes true, it takes more than that to render me pallid… ‘twas merely an attempted segue from the preceding learned exchangeOriginally posted by vinteuil View Post
’Somewhat surprized’ is indeed nearer the mark.
To be fair, too, the guest in question did subsequently give a disclaimer when she defined her type of linguist: “I’m not the linguaphile who’s wonderful at speaking languages…”
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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