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From: "Stewart, Peter" <>
Subject: RE: da Thane (was re: Gospatric)
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:24:05 +1100


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> (Stewart, Peter) wrote:
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> > I must admit I've only passed through Brooklyn once or
> > twice, quickly, but I've admired the speech patterns at a
> > distance courtesy of Hollywood - the immortal line of
> > Tony Curtis, "Yonda lies da castle of da lord" ...
>
> Isn't it "Yonda lies da castle of my fadda"?

Yes, I'm sure that must be the line verbatim - my memory was hazy, as usual.
Thanks to Nat & others who kindly gave the correct version.

Was Tony Curtis playing a fictional figure, or someone's actual forefadda?

Peter Stewart

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