On Aug 12, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Colin Law wrote:

On 12 August 2011 18:35, Fearless Fool <[email protected]> wrote:
Resurrecting an old thread because it has a useful lesson:

Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote in post #927576:
[snip]

O Marnen, Marnen! wherefore art thou Marnen?


Fun fact: "wherefore" means "why". [1]

I wonder where Marnen went, but I never wondered why he was Marnen. I did appreciate his unique brand of scorched earth and incredibly precise answers.

Walter

1. In the famous quote, Juliet is wondering *why* Romeo is named the way he is; because of his name, she cannot be allowed to love him. Her logic, typical for Shakespeare women, is quite sound: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet..."

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