[Ads-l] Quote: The Only Traditions of the Royal Navy Are Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (Attributed to Winston Churchill)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Way back in May 2011 I initiated a thread about the quotation in the
subject line:
https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-May/109071.html

After a brief delay of 13 years there is now a Quote Investigator
article on this topic.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/05/28/navy-rum/

[Begin excerpt from acknowledgements]
Great thanks to the participants in a 2011 mailing list thread on this
topic including: Laurence Horn, Dan Goncharoff, Jonathan Lighter,
Douglas G. Wilson, and James A. Landau. Thanks to researchers Richard
M. Langworth, Nigel Rees, and Fred R. Shapiro who pointed to key
citations. Also, thanks to Luther Mckinnon whose inquiry gave further
impetus to QI to formulate this question and complete this
exploration.
[End excerpt from acknowledgements]

Feedback welcome,
Garson

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