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I always thought you Anglicans went to confession!
And---what in the world is a "Darr-by"?
Although it happens that I was christened an Anglican, I was using the word in the adjectival sense introduced to me by tsuwm. Anglican meaning in this case "of or relating to England or the English nation." Darby of course is the British pronunciation of Derby, like "clark," which is the British way of pronouncing "clerk." I wonder what would happened if Lieutenant Clark left his post as a naval clerk to go to the Derby in Darby? "Lieutenant" of course being an automatic giveaway for one's English of origin, as it were.
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