| From: | Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 25, 2003, 8:55 |
Joe wrote:>No, it's not a fixed phrase, "would that xxx" is quite flexible. It's not >used any more, of course, but Boromir, in Lord of the Rings, uses it. > >Well, no longer being used any more (baring 'for overblow silly effect' and other similar things) is even less grounds for an argument than a fixed phrase :) -- Tristan <kesuari@...>
| Joe <joe@...> |