My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)

Baker, John JMB at STRADLEY.COM
Wed Aug 30 22:33:14 UTC 2006


        It's also the title of a play by Tom Stoppard, the published
versions of which seem variously to use both Favour and Favor as the
favoured spelling.

John Baker


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> Ah, that's a new one to me; I learned Every Good Boy Does Fine.  But
> your version is more appealing, I suppose.
> Where'd you get that British spelling though?
>

It's the title of a Moody Blues album, amongst other things.

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