Steve Holden wrote: > Speaking of which, here's a limerick To read it you need to know not > only that Hampshire is colloquially know as Hants, but also that > Salisbury's ancient Roman name is Sarum. > > There once was a young man of Salisbury > Whose manners were most halisbury-scalisbury > He visited Hampshire > Without any pampshire > Till somebody told him to walisbury.
Not to mention the meaning (or at least existence) of the phrase harum-scarum and the pronounciation of Sarum and the possible wordplay inherent in... ... oh well, you know what I mean! I had a laugh, anyway. Thanks, Steve. TJG -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
