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COPYRIGHT 2002 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
PEOPLE seem to lose the use of their native wit when they consider the origins of words. That idiot's sorting office, the Internet, has a well-intentioned site (at io.com/gibbonsb/words.words.words.html) edited by Gibbons Burke that discusses nautical terms used by Patrick O'Brian, who, Mr Burke remarks, uses expressions `in a way that allows the reader to make the connection between a familiar phrase in everyday language with its...
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