fear itself

[Jonathan Lighter]

Do you mean "duke" or "duck" (in a rural Scots pronunciation)?  It says
"duke" in the title, so I assume he was a duke.

JL

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:25 PM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:

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> Yes, but was he a dook or a dyuk? I suspect he was a fearful dook; dyuks
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> Of interest?
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>  1831 in Philip Henry, Earl of Stanhope _Notes of Conversations with the
> Duke of Wellington 1831-1851_ (N.Y.: Longmans, 1888) 13: "The only thing I
> am afraid of," said the Duke, "is fear."
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