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To: HartleyMBaldwin

And ‘Ruthven’ becomes ‘Riven’.. (I’ve always liked the Martha Grimes ‘Richard Jury’ detective stories.)


91 posted on 03/12/2022 3:47:35 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

While I’m thinking of Wodehouse, let me mention that the last name of his character Bertie Wooster is how the Brits pronounce “Worcester”, and they commonly call Worcestershire sauce just Worcester sauce. I wonder if old P. G. had that in mind when he named Bertie.


94 posted on 03/12/2022 4:04:46 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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