On 28 February 2012 00:39, Peter Humphrey <pe...@humphrey.ukfsn.org> wrote: > On Monday 27 February 2012 23:29:35 Robin Atwood wrote: > >> "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, > >> Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" > >> from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling > Please check the spelling of the third word in that quotation. I'm pretty > certain that "somewheres" is purely American, which of course Kipling was > not. >
He was, however, a poet, which gives him the teensiest bit of lee-way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_Suez Please don't send html emails to the list, nor correct the grammar/spelling of a quotation that you have not googl'd for verification. Alternately, you may contact Mr. Kipling directly.
