In a message dated 28 June, B. Douglas Russell said the following: "I leave you with some etimology. Claptrap: (Orig. from the Greek: clapuus - for sexually ...
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Jul 1, 2005 1:12 pm
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... Dear Mr. Scott- One really doesn't know what to make of your post -- other than it evinces a.) you got the point of the joke; b.) you can state the...
While recently in Calgary, Alberta, I spotted a nice piece in the Calgary Herald of 20 June by Nigel Hannaford - "No need for music to Dance" Explaning to his...
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Jul 4, 2005 9:47 am
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Tonight's Evening Standard carries a story in the 'Londoner's Diary' column recounting, "It was noted that David Willetts, known at the Centre for Policy...
Julian Allason
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Jul 5, 2005 9:26 pm
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it does in my opinion, but its up to nominator to provide grounds! To the outsider he looks liike a Pennistone type rather than a Widmerpool. Willetts was very...
Dear Keith and all at AP Society UK, This terrible tragedy, such grief, coming soon after yesterday's exultation. My husband and I send our love and pray that...
Jeanne V. Reed
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Jul 7, 2005 12:46 pm
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In-Reply-To: <e221d4b03bc896396d8e8ed95e9f428e@...> Jeanne -- Thanks for your concern and thoughts. Sadly we Londoners have lived under the threat...
I actually was on the train to Eton and the AP exhibition when people began reporting the news from their cell phones...what a terrible day. I was impressed by...
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Jul 7, 2005 6:19 pm
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I hope I'm not being presumptuous in saying that the thoughts and prayers of every member of this list are with the London-based members of this list. I can...
Are we entirely happy with this entry in the Wikipedia online collaborative encyclopaedia? If not it can be edited by anyone who cares to visit:- ...
Julian Allason
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Jul 7, 2005 10:09 pm
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I will be making sure to register immediately for the AP conference in the wonderful city of London, and no doubt many other AP listers will be thinking along...
Joan Williams
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Jul 8, 2005 3:33 am
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Dump the "seems to have fallen rapidly into public neglect" business, say I. John Are we entirely happy with this entry in the Wikipedia online collaborative...
Most decisively not happy, let alone entirely. And what does "public neglect" mean? Immediately fell into a reverie. Dump roman a clef. Another reverie (within...
The passage provided by Julian Allason in his message dated 7 July was only an excerpt from the wikipedia entry on AP. The entry as a whole is something of a...
I dread to think how AP would have reacted to seeing his characters tabulated against "the real person". And - Sillery - Leavis??...
Michael McGinty
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Jul 8, 2005 9:24 am
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Certainly not. I would like to add my wishes to Craig's. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has...
I'd like to add my good wishes and thoughts for our British friends. As someone was reported to have remarked in today's paper "They don't call it Great for...
And the same from the Friedman family, former London ex-pats. ... From: Michael Hexum <hexermich@...> To: aplist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 8 Jul 2005...
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Jul 8, 2005 8:36 pm
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Michael M raise his eyebrows at Wikipedia's association ... This has certainly been dismissed in past discussions. Prof. Sir Ernest Barker with elements of FF...
Julian Allason
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Jul 9, 2005 8:18 am
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In-Reply-To: <20050709081759.7F02711CEF9@...> ... I'm very happy for any of the material on the website to be used as the basis for an...
Regarding the identification of Noel Coward as model for Max Pilgrim: I don't have Dance to hand at present so am going from memory, but I had the impresion...
A reminder for those who get the Society Newsletter, and information for those who don't ... Eton College currently have an exhibition in the College Library ...
An oddity -- A list of guests at a Bloomsbury Group party included Constant Lambert. Grace Higgens was Vanessa Bell's cook/housekeeper for 50+ years and...
Jeanne V. Reed
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Jul 10, 2005 12:28 am
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In-Reply-To: <352b065ecbacb256be714a4e7d282b3f@...> Sorry Jeanne, I don't see what's quite so odd about this. Lambert at a Bloomsbury party or the...
On that subject, when I chatted with Virginia Nicholson and mentioned the AP Society, she remarked that she refers to him in Among the Bohemians. Since...