<late>

Bethany K. Dumas dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU
Fri Mar 4 19:36:28 UTC 2005


On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Alice Faber wrote:

>In all of the Alexander McCall Smith books (Number One Ladies Detective
>Agency, and its sequels) set in Botswana, "late" is the normal word used
>for "deceased".

Thanks. I have read only one of those books and somehow missed this. Its
use must be widespread, right?

Bethany



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