(OT) relevant indeed

[Arnold Zwicky]

tony mccoy o'grady:
 >On Déardaoin, Meith 26, 2003, at 22:13 Europe/Dublin, Arnold
 >Zwicky wrote:

  >>     'Wellington's victory at Waterloo  <snip>

no, he/i didn't.  jacques barzun made up (or, more likely, quoted)
the example.  dwight bolinger quoted barzun.  i quoted bolinger.

 >Ah, but he wasn't called "Wellington"!
 >His name was Arthur Wellesley, and his title was The Duke of
 >Wellington.

 >Does that change anything?

no.  it's an example sentence.  it could have been "Napoleon's
victory at Waterloo..." or "O'Grady's victory at Waterloo..."
or any number of other things.

i could also cite beethoven's composition of "Wellingtons Sieg,
oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria" in 1813, which made him a
prominent supporter of the future george IV.

arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)