Churchill quote: spurious?

[victor steinbok]

For the first line, that would be "is" and "South African", although most
Americans would have a hard time distinguishing the latter (and perhaps the
former).

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Abba Eban was a politician with a distinct British accent.
>
> So he's interchangeable with Churchill, but not with Mark Twain.
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> JL
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