Re: Cants

Quoting Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>:

> On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Quoting Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>:
> >
> > > On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Greg Johnston wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ah, yes. "Bushie" refers to "Bush", as in the Emperor of America.
> > >
> > > I thought the only person with that title's name was Norton I :)
> >
> > How come he was Emperor Norton rather than Emperor Joshua?
>
> Ask him (he's had a few declarations posthumously, so I don't think it's
> a big ask). My opinion is just that Emperor Norton sounds better than
> Emperor Joshua :)
Your Majesty, should you have the extremely good taste to be lurking on this
list, would you deign to enlighten you most humble servant as to why you chose
the form 'Emperor Norton' rather than 'Emperor Joshua', after the fashion of
your imperial brethren?

                                                       Andreas

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