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Just catching up on things and found Ko-Ko's 'list song' three or four posts up above. My favourite 'on the list' target is:
"...the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,
All centuries but this, and every country but his own..." - don't we all meet them!
Beneath it I saw a line that may often be misunderstood today:
"...the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy...", the reference here is to a meaning of 'guy' not often used now, at least not in the UK:
"A person of odd or grotesque appearance or dress." This is Gilbert indulging in the usual sneering of the cityfolk at out-of-towners' attempts to appear fashionable. Experience this still today in New York, Paris, London, Tokyo, Rome etc, etc!
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