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The trout of evidence
Apr. 14th, 2009 04:12 pm"Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk." -- Henry David Thoreau
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This reminds me. I was once told that Thoreau's family didn't pronounce the name as if it was French -- thor-EAU -- but accented the first syllable. (THOR-eau. Like "thorough.")
This led to what I thought was a subtle joke. There was a book seller who took out an ad on the back cover of the American Scholar who specialized in academic titles. Tagline:
"We're Thoreau. And Swift."
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This reminds me. I was once told that Thoreau's family didn't pronounce the name as if it was French -- thor-EAU -- but accented the first syllable. (THOR-eau. Like "thorough.")
This led to what I thought was a subtle joke. There was a book seller who took out an ad on the back cover of the American Scholar who specialized in academic titles. Tagline:
"We're Thoreau. And Swift."
