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I've fixed all the curly apostropes

<<Born in 1951, in Rhodesia, ZimbabweRhodesia changed name to Harare in 1980., >>

What's wrong with that, Opti?

Missing an "its"?

I hadn't got as far as the footnote!

<. is it Bushveldt or Bushveld?

Hamish Vigne Christie Paul is his birth name. First mention of "Korky" is:
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was it this person who gave him his nickname?

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"a family of seven children" implies there were no parents. Did they raise themselves? Or was a family of nine, including seven children?

Opti I need your input, please

The BBC appear to spell it Bushveld

I believe it is just a nickname he acquired from sketching in his home country

http://archive.oxfordmail.net/2001/2/13/69253.html

Family of nine of which seven were children

The official biography on his own site says "in a family of seven children", so I'd leave it as it is, and leave the interpretation to the reader.

I have found another BBC entry in google that gives it as:

African bush veldt


GB,

I have also read that Korky had been given his nickname as a child when he began drawing.


lil xx

Opti could you explain post 22 please? Thank you.

Thank you Gnomon and lil for your input

There seems to be a some mix up over the name of the country and its capital.

Harare is the Capital of Zimbabwe, which used to be Salisbury, Rhodesia.


lil xx

I thought it was answered in posting 23 or perhaps lil has just offered up what you are trying to get at.

Opti, you're a researcher. You're supposed to do research. Work out what the correct wording should be exactly, and let your sub-ed know.

I reworded it to:
Born in 1951, in Salisbury, RhodesiaRhodesia became known as the Republic of Zimbabwe in 1980; Salisbury changed its name to Harare in 1982.,

as Opti is busy writing an article for <./>thepost</.>

I've finished subbing now, so I'll send it back, see you on the Front Page!

GB