another SOTA or two (and The Good Wife)

[Paul Johnston]

Fifedom.  Sounds like the area around Dunfermline or Kirkcaldy or St. Andrews.

Paul Johnston
On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC, 71700 wrote:

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> A much smaller and discreet SOTA:  in the equally literate "The Good =
> Wife" on CBS this week, a well-spoken (and, of course, sexy) lawyer =
> explains that she's interested in leaving her current job at a large =
> firm because "There are too fifedoms" there.  (Rhymes with "wifedom".)
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> Lots of parades, I'm thinking. =20
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> Noticed the "fifedom," too--surely the innovation of the actor, not the
> Kings. (But can you blame her?  "Fifedom" has such an erudite ring
> compared to the humble "fiefdom.")
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> Also interesting how the judge who was on trial spoke on two or three
> occasions of a "desert island" but later switched to (more recent
> vintage?) "deserted island."
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> Lynne Hunter
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