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    From richardfangnail@1:379/45 to All on Wed Jul 19 16:57:16 2006
    From: richardfangnail@excite.com

    Was there a real person named Sir Gerald Nabardo? He was mentioned as a person who had an unusual pet.

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  • From Warren Okuma@1:379/45 to richardfangnail on Wed Jul 19 17:25:38 2006
    From: "Warren Okuma" <wokuma@lava.net>


    <richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote in message news:1153349837.222047.150700@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
    Was there a real person named Sir Gerald Nabardo?
    He was mentioned as a person who had an unusual pet.

    Sir Gerald Nabardo eine Haustiergarnele hat, die Simon?

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  • From Mark Sornson@1:379/45 to richardfangnail on Thu Jul 20 17:39:34 2006
    From: Mark Sornson <sornson@zk3.dec.com>

    richardfangnail@excite.com wrote:
    Was there a real person named Sir Gerald Nabardo?
    He was mentioned as a person who had an unusual pet.


    If "Nabardo" is a typo for "Nabarro" --

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Nabarro

    Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro (June 29, 1913 û November 18, 1973) was
    a wealthy and florid British Conservative politician of the 1950s and
    60s with a high public profile and a reputation for maverick political
    stances.
    ...

    Is that line in the TV version, or on the record, or both? If TV or both, how is the name spelled in the transcript in 'MPFC -- All the Words'?

    -m.

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  • From Warren Okuma@1:379/45 to Mark Sornson on Thu Jul 20 09:56:36 2006
    From: "Warren Okuma" <wokuma@lava.net>


    "Mark Sornson" <sornson@zk3.dec.com> wrote in message news:44BFAFE6.4000604@zk3.dec.com...
    richardfangnail@excite.com wrote:
    Was there a real person named Sir Gerald Nabardo?
    He was mentioned as a person who had an unusual pet.


    If "Nabardo" is a typo for "Nabarro" --

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Nabarro

    Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro (June 29, 1913 û November 18, 1973) was
    a wealthy and florid British Conservative politician of the 1950s and
    60s with a high public profile and a reputation for maverick political
    stances.
    ...

    Is that line in the TV version, or on the record,
    or both? If TV or both, how is the name spelled in
    the transcript in 'MPFC -- All the Words'?

    -m.
    or
    Nabardo is a small town in Nigeria. (pop 200).

    or

    Justice of the Peace José M. Nabardo; a notary public in Mora County.

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  • From nemo@1:379/45 to Warren Okuma on Fri Jul 21 23:31:12 2006
    From: "nemo" <nemo@naughtylass.wet>


    "Warren Okuma" <wokuma@lava.net> wrote in message news:12btqd5t2idu3f9@corp.supernews.com...

    <richardfangnail@excite.com> wrote in message news:1153349837.222047.150700@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
    Was there a real person named Sir Gerald Nabardo?
    He was mentioned as a person who had an unusual pet.

    Sir Gerald Nabardo eine Haustiergarnele hat, die Simon?


    Does that mean moustache? He had a whopper and he was a Member of Parliament.

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  • From Waldo Centini@1:379/45 to nemo on Sat Jul 22 00:02:50 2006
    From: Waldo Centini <waldoREMOVESPAMcentini@zonnet.nl>

    nemo surprised us with

    Was there a real person named Sir Gerald Nabardo?
    He was mentioned as a person who had an unusual pet.

    Sir Gerald Nabardo eine Haustiergarnele hat, die Simon?


    Does that mean moustache? He had a whopper and he was a Member of
    Parliament.



    Nope. The joke was: Sir Gerald Nabarro has a pet prawn called Simon. The rough translation in German (and I mean very rough!) was incorrect, and should be: Sir Gerald Nabarro hat einen Garnele als Haustier, Simon genannt.

    There.

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    Waldo

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