In article <nduJAFHxUGzHFwa2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Molly Mockford <nospamnobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>Since it was Thomas Carlyle who made the riposte to Margaret Fuller's
>perhaps unfortunate statement, I think that "Gad, she'd better!", as
>generally quoted, is a smidgeon more probable than "Gosh".
>
>Although I am rather drawn by the idea of Carlyle saying "Gosh"! :-)
We a;; know that what he _really_ said was "Golly, golly, gumdrops." :)
--
John Hall
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;
but if he will be content to begin with doubts,
he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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