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I need help with an anecdote from the annals of the House of Lords. I heard it from a linguistics professor years back but don't remember the details. Two members of parliament were engaged in a debate during which the first insulted the second in a particularly vicious manner, and the second demanded (or the first was ordered to give) an apology. The apology went like this: "I called the Right Honorable Lord So-and-So a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. And the Right Honorable Lord So-and-So may punctuate as he pleases." Do any of you have any idea where I might find a record of this anecdote and who the individuals involved were? Since there are a lot of members of the UK on this list, I thought it might be a good place to ask. Thanks. Mary Refling Department of Italian Columbia University New York, NY 10027 [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%