On 22 Feb 2008, at 13:55, Adrian Stott wrote:
> Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> To paraphrase Dr Johnson, "Incompetence, madam, pure incompetence"
>
> Hmm. I wonder what that was in response to.
>
>
Johnson's Dictionary incorrectly defines Pastern as the knee of a
horse. When Johnson was once asked how he came to make such a mistake,
Boswell tells us he replied, "Ignorance, Madam, pure ignorance."
––
All the best
Bruce
"Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into
the green valleys of silliness.” Ludwig Wittgenstein
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