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   Michael R N Dolbear to Brenda Clough   
   Re: Cantata in Coral and Ivory   
   07 Dec 14 16:00:48   
   
   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   "Brenda Clough"  wrote   
      
   > I worked once at a place where my boss told me, "Use shorter words." I   
   > said, "I can't. Live with it."   
      
      
   The other Italian Anna  - professional translator who lived in Dublin, told   
   the story here of how she gained a reputation for great erudition in   
   Ireland.   
      
   Every time she ran out of vocabulary she used her best guess by taking an   
   Italian word and Englishing it which usually gave a real but Latinate and   
   quite often rare word.   
      
      
   -- --   
   Mike D   
      
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