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   From: vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid   
      
   Le 26/08/2025 à 05:42, Steve Hayes a écrit :   
   >   
   > Another example of something we have discussed here before, This from   
   > the "Carlisle Patriot", 09 Jul 1825   
   >   
   > On 25 Aug 2025 at 16:46, petra.mitchinson--- via list-cumbria wrote:   
   >>   
   >> The last case, was on Monday evening, when he inveigled an   
   >> interesting little creature under the dry arch of Eden-Bridge.   
   >   
   > A language question: what does "interesting" mean in this context?   
   >   
   > It seems to have been quite common for 19th-century newspapers to   
   > speak of "interesting children" or "an interesting child", but I   
   > wonder what it meant?   
      
   Ha! It seems you have indeed wondered this before (22 years ago), and   
   received lots of possible answers:   
      
   'Interesting children' -   
      
      
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