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On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Ken Follett wrote:
> Bullamanka, best as I understand, means -- that place over that away but we
> are not quite sure. It helps if the speaker is pointing off toward the
> horizon with a glazed expression of glee. A place we have heard about, either
> real or a mirage, possibly our destination, possibly not. Certainly not here
> where we are now, nor where we have ever been. Something about as real to us
> as two seconds from now.
I thought Bullamanka was Upstate New York's version of Lake Wobegon,
located vaguely near Sallamanka, er, Salamanca.
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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com
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