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Well, this fresh in from Michael Quinion seems germane (or should that be German, aenigma?):
5. Beyond Words
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This month's _Ansible_ science-fiction newsletter from the totally
inimitable David Langford (see http://www.ansible.co.uk/) has this
gem: "Dept of Upelevatoring Insights. Andrew Wheeler of the (US) SF
Book Club confides: 'When we saw the manuscript of Neil Gaiman's
_Neverwhere_, it had obviously been the victim of a perfunctory
search-and-replace Americanization, since characters were always
saying things "apartmently".'"
“WORLD WIDE WORDS is copyright (c) Michael B Quinion 2000.”
http://www.worldwidewords.org
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