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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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As for all this spycraft, alchemical and Rosicrucian hokum, I am inclined to say
| Less Roger Bacon, more Biffa Bacon |
Remember our motto is 'The truth is always boring'. When history reads like the first draft of a BBC costume drama, it probably is.
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Pete Jones
In: Virginia
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| Less Roger Bacon, more Biffa Bacon |
Another forgery hunter, Edwin Johnson, considered "Bacon" to be one of the go-to British names that a forger would use when wanting to give his book the stink of intellectual heft at the bookstall
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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I will be hugely impressed if you know who Biffa Bacon is.
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Pete Jones
In: Virginia
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no, I'm not that impressive.
While we're here, why do you Brits call someone named Barry "Bazza"?
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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I would guess it is an Australian coinage. Possibly from Barry McKenzie but you're the etymologist.
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Wile E. Coyote
In: Arizona
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| Pete Jones wrote: |
While we're here, why do you Brits call someone named Barry "Bazza"? |
My instinctive understanding, would be is that it's another playful riff on Diamond Geezer.
Warning, granny Wiles came from Hackney Marsh, so I would say that.
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Wile E. Coyote
In: Arizona
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Diamond Geezer (trusted, local)
Guido Fawkes (untrusted, foreign)
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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You're babbling, man.
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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Putting up a Medium story this morning I spotted this exchnage which has no bearing on the Bazza controversy but is serendipitously irresistible. [Barry is an East End Jew.]
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Barry Robinson
"But hurry, there will be something else for you to ponder tomorrow".
I think I will wait for that. I hope you had a good weekend, Mike.
Mick Harper
Mick's the name, Bazza, I'm Irish on my uncle's side.
Barry Robinson
I apologise Mick. I am Irish from my mother's side.
Mick Harper
As long as she is black Irish and not Jewish Irish that is acceptable.
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