<late>

[Alice Faber]

Bethany K. Dumas wrote:
> 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?

I don't remember it in the first book in the series, but it definitely
recurs in the later books.

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Alice Faber