tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post7464185183975188815..comments2024-03-27T21:39:23.192-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: The Arkansas Room, continuedJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-12364006969343029502010-08-23T19:28:59.140-07:002010-08-23T19:28:59.140-07:00re Homer/Houma, this British government anecdote f...re Homer/Houma, this British government anecdote from WW2:<br /><br />The classical example of confusion produced by unaspirated diction was Hugh Dalton's story of a meeting of a small group early in the war presided over by Ernest Bevin and also attended by Dalton, Nye Bevan and Dai Grenfell. Bevin at the end said, "That's settled then, 'Ugh [you] and I [Nye, Dai] will deal with it," which, as Dalton pointed out, left open every possible ambiguity within the four of them.<br /><br />- Roy Jenkins, <i>A Life at the Centre</i>, 1991David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.com