Ken
I reckon Super-Shake-Speak knew more than a thing or two about the whole
all balls up of it that is ours indeed. Lucky us to live our lives
courtesy of Mercia Mudstone, formerly known as Keuper Marl, etc etcetera. I
am looking forward to the abandonment of Holy Week because, to paraphrase a
certain poet, it is what we have.
best
db
On 12 April 2014 00:37, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 4/11/2014 6:41 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
>
>> that's quite funny Ken but maybe misplaced. The other day I was out
>> walking
>> by Leire (reputed source of the river, as in Hie We Then to Leicester's
>> capit) and a guy I know who is a mine of local history told me that it was
>> now believed by scholars that Lear meant 'mud', as in the muddy river, as
>> in the mudcastle, the city by it, as in the tragic history of King (we bow
>> our heads to him) Mud.
>>
>> best
>>
>> dave
>>
>>
> That is TOO funny! King Mud? One step up from King Shit. One can only
> guess at what Shakespeare knew. Maybe I can work a muddy river into a
> rewrite....
>
> ken
>
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