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A601066-Aesop and his fables
Researcher 168963 Started conversation Jul 27, 2001
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A601066
I've not really got much to say on this. It's about Aesop. And his fables. And, erm...well that's it. Feel free to tear it apart.
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Orcus Posted Jul 28, 2001
Right,
*prepares to rip it up...*
Ummm.
Nope. Nothing wrong with it. To the contrary, this is an excellent entry. I'd even forgotten the stories you quote were Aesop's fables.
Brilliant 
Two tiny things...
Undoubtedly the word is not undoubtably 
Cutlass is spelt thus 
Orcus
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Researcher 168963 Posted Jul 28, 2001
Thankyou
That was partly the idea, that so many people know the stories but have no idea who wrote them. You once knew, but there are people out there who never had any idea.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jul 30, 2001
A very good entry.
One or two minor typos:
borthers --> brothers
Anderson --> Andersen
altogether --> all together
Good work!
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Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese Posted Aug 2, 2001
obviously these grapes were not sour and not too high for you, if you know what I mean
Bossel (Scout)
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Researcher 168963 Posted Aug 3, 2001
At least it gave Bossel a chance to show off. I forgot all about that one.
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Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent) Posted Aug 3, 2001
Nice one!
I didn't know the hare in the "The Hare and the Tortoise" was a female
I saw this...
"They aere left with no goose ..."
and I think I saw a "repeis" or similar instead of replies".
Awu
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Researcher 168963 Posted Aug 5, 2001
The hare's definitely a 'she' in my copy. But that could be the editors taking liberties. If anyone has a copy that says otherwise I could use 'it' instead, but for now I'll keep it as 'she'.
Thanks, I fixed the spellings- and yes, I managed to miss the l out of replies.
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Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent) Posted Aug 8, 2001
Hi Dastardly,
I wasn't suggesting that "she" was wrong or should be changed. I had just never noticed it. Or, maybe as you suggest, you copy was just a modern, politically correct version that wanted to balance the genders.
I'm sure your entry is guide bound - but this process goes at a hare's pace sometimes.
Awu
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- 2: Orcus (Jul 28, 2001)
- 3: Researcher 168963 (Jul 28, 2001)
- 4: Dr Hell (Jul 30, 2001)
- 5: Gnomon - time to move on (Jul 30, 2001)
- 6: Researcher 168963 (Jul 30, 2001)
- 7: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese (Aug 2, 2001)
- 8: Researcher 168963 (Aug 3, 2001)
- 9: Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent) (Aug 3, 2001)
- 10: Researcher 168963 (Aug 5, 2001)
- 11: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese (Aug 8, 2001)
- 12: Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent) (Aug 8, 2001)
- 13: h2g2 auto-messages (Aug 9, 2001)
- 14: Gnomon - time to move on (Aug 9, 2001)
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