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To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Who is going to do the honors of posting’Tommy Atkins’ by Rudyard Kipling then?

Actually the name of the poem is Tommy. Atkins was Kipling's real name and he used it now and then in his poems.

35 posted on 06/16/2012 2:55:46 PM PDT by calex59
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To: calex59

Tommy Atkins is the generic name for a British soldier, according to wikipedia, this term dates back to at least the mid-18th century...


41 posted on 06/16/2012 4:41:22 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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