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Great great great, Celia. I am not worthy. Extra happy for you in my life. Make it the "Purpuddlians" -- only an English teacher par excellence could create that word.

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I love Jonathan Swift, particularly his scatalogical poetry. Google тАЬStrephon and ChloeтАЭ

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Oh, took me a minute, the "...dlians." Swift's Gulliver's wasn't "believable" enough for me, as a kid. I was a bit dense, and didn't "get it," until I was older.

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See also that which people from Liverpool are (were?) inexplicably called.

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We here are тАЬThe Jot SetтАЭ looking forward each week to тАЬNew Writing From the Purple SageтАЭ

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"The Jot Set" is good, but "Purpuddlians," accent the 2nd (or 3rd) syllable, has a special sound to it.

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I agree.

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