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On Oct 15, 2012, at 4:52 PM, ashok _ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:52 AM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Bonobashi <[email protected]> wrote: > Not fair to Noddy. This is a chestnut, which, considering its vintage, may be > considered fresh maal once again. It dates back to the Anglo-Indian era in > quizzing, when one could ask the QM to hang on until one explained to a > skeptical bearer exactly what was going wrong with the gin-and-lime. > > ..."eheu, fugaces"....and all that. > > > Perhaps I should explain my reasoning. One does not find many contemporary > uses of the term "Mau plateau". The region these days is referred to as > Central Province (shortened to "Central"). Most references to "Mau plateau" > that I have across are online, and a majority of them are about Kenya being > considered as a potential home for the Jewish people. So when I find someone > using a dated phrasing I muttered to myself "o tempora, o moraes" and fired > off a reply. > > > Actually the part of the Mau Plateau that was promised to the Jews was not > what is covered by the modern Central Province (that was already by then > becoming the White Highlands ) ... but the part of the Mau plateau that > extends into Rift Valley province and Western province (think going east from > Mt. Elgon - including parts of uganda and West from Nakuru .. ) > > Coming hot on the heels of Thaths and his blasted "o tempora, o Frank" instead of the usual, hackneyed orthography, one is pleased to see that the practice of putting an 'actually' before a particularly conclusive dismissal of another citizen's opinion continues. Rule, Britannia....
