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Friday, October 2, 2020

Runcibl'd Spooner: Borstal Ploy


"The Bluefish Brothers:
Further Poissons of Interest"

Marks which tele- 
graph: "I've doubts a-
bout the words I 
hide inside 'em":
Scare Quotes.
     Brendan* labels 
Glasgow's Nancys
thus. (How better 
to deride 'em!):
"Quare Scotes!"
     Moral:
It's not easy 
bein' *Behan.

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