"basket weaving" revisited

[James Harbeck]

>BTW, does anyone else recall the Scottish author, Sir Iain Moncreiffe
>of that Ilk, (i.e. "Moncreiffe of Moncreiffe,") Bart, PhD, etc., etc.,
>speaking of names hard to forget?

Why, yes. He has a bit in _U and Non-U Revisited_, which is a
somewhat diverting compilation of bits and pieces and chit-chats on
the U/non-U topic. I remember seeing the name and thinking WTF?

James Harbeck.

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