On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:52 AM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Bonobashi <bonoba...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > >> Not fair to Noddy. This is a chestnut, which, considering its vintage, >> may be considered fresh maal once again. It dates back to the Anglo-Indian >> era in quizzing, when one could ask the QM to hang on until one explained >> to a skeptical bearer exactly what was going wrong with the gin-and-lime. >> >> ..."eheu, fugaces"....and all that. >> > > > Perhaps I should explain my reasoning. One does not find many contemporary > uses of the term "Mau plateau". The region these days is referred to as > Central Province (shortened to "Central"). Most references to "Mau plateau" > that I have across are online, and a majority of them are about Kenya being > considered as a potential home for the Jewish people. So when I find > someone using a dated phrasing I muttered to myself "o tempora, o moraes" > and fired off a reply. >
Actually the part of the Mau Plateau that was promised to the Jews was not what is covered by the modern Central Province (that was already by then becoming the White Highlands ) ... but the part of the Mau plateau that extends into Rift Valley province and Western province (think going east from Mt. Elgon - including parts of uganda and West from Nakuru .. )
