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   Aidan Kehoe to All   
   Re: First performance of Shaw's "Pygmali   
   13 Apr 24 07:17:24   
   
   From: kehoea@parhasard.net   
      
    Ar an triú lá déag de mí Aibreán, scríobh Ross Clark:   
      
    > [...] When I arrived in New Zealand, I was surprised to find that many   
    > people still considered it "strong language", not suitable for a respectable   
    > academic. I don't know if it's ever been banned from stage or print here.   
    > But by now things have changed....   
      
   I never hear it here (west coast of Ireland), even from the 80-somethings and   
   90-somethings. Do they (did they) use it in the US?   
      
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