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Bob,
At least this one is somewhat creative, lifting Grima Wormtongue and the Kingdom of Rohan from the *Lord of the Rings*. Are there other literary/pop culture references in the letter?
Best,
Clint
Clinton Atchley, Ph.D.
Director, Master of Liberal Arts Program
Department of English and Foreign Languages
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Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR 71999
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Kraft [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:05 AM
>To: Atchley, Clinton
>Subject: Re: TAN Nigeria scam (was "never mind")
>
>
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion
>and culture
>
>I've collected these "Nigeria Scam" messages for the past
>several years, and
>have a huge file. Don't ask; I'm a collector; it's in the
>blood. Recently some
>of them have been explicitly Islamic rather than Christian.
>I've even used them
>pedagogically -- I gave three similar ones to my classes and
>asked them to look
>for clues as to which may have adapted which, which is most
>recent, etc. It was
>a good exercise, not quite as intense as William James
>examining the fish for
>his mentor Aggasiz (do I have that right?). One "give away"
>was the letter that
>began Islamicly, progressed to a Jewish bible reference
>attributed to "the
>Allah," and ended with the "Yours in Christ" salutation. The
>students were able
>to see those footprints, especially when compared with
>basically the same letter
>in fully Christianized, more "original" form.
>
>Anyhow, if anyone wants the mega-file of these materials, for similar
>assignments or whatever, I'll be happy to supply it. Don't you
>love the name on
>the one below, Grimhelm Wormtongue? Oi! And they're all so personal!
>
>Bob
>
>>
>> From: jeffery <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Never mind, I found it. I'm getting so many messages these
>days from good
>> Christians
>> > in Africa who've stolen millions from their countries and
>want to split it
>> with me
>> > that I sometimes miss the messages I'm actually interested in.
>>
>> You may have seen this...
>>
>> From: Grimhelm Wormtongue
>> Date: Heven 25 Afteryule 1592 10:55:51
>>
>> DUNLAND
>>
>> Dear sir and/or madame,
>>
>> Salutations, I am GRIMHELM WORMTONGUE, The son of late
>Counsellor Gríma
>> Wormtongue of the Kingdom of Rohan.
>
>[body deleted]
>
>> MR, GRIMHELM WORMTONGUE.
>
>--
>Robert A. Kraft, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
>227 Logan Hall (Philadelphia PA 19104-6304); tel. 215 898-5827
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