XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.arts.books, rec.arts.sf.misc   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:47:18 -0800   
   Robert Woodward  wrote:   
      
   > In article <10ne70n$1st45$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >  Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:05:32 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > ... was probably based on Cecil Rhodes, a bu[s]inessman turned   
   > > > politician ...   
   > >   
   > > Calling Cecil Rhodes a “businessman turned politicianâ€_ is like   
   ... I   
   > > don’t know ... like referring to Genghiz Khan as a pastoral herder   
   > > turned tribal chieftain ...   
   > >   
   > > Remember that the entirety of the territory called “Rhodesiaâ€_   
   in his   
   > > name included both present-day Zimbabwe and South Africa (née   
   > > “Southern Rhodesiaâ€_).   
   >   
   > Wrong. Zimbabwe was Southern Rhodesia and Zambia was Northern Rhodesia.   
   >   
   IAWTP. (posted in AUE). Maybe I should've just set FUs.   
      
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