Who was it wrote "God Rot Tunbridge Wells" ?
I recall there was a miserable movie/TV play made of it,
Peter.
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> From: Tag Gorton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Guy Fawkes - YAK
> Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 4:32 PM
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> on 21/3/01 8:07 am, Mike Chaney at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >> Question;- What is Tunbridge Wells?.
> >
> > Not what, but where? It is (was!) a very genteel town in Kent - South
East
> > England for the geographically challenged. (England is part of an
island on
> > the Eastern side of the Atlantic Ocean.)
> >
> > Many years ago, "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" was the pseudonym used
by a
> > regular correspondent to (I think) the BBC - or was it The Times
> > newspaper? - and the phrase has since been absorbed into the language.
> >
> > Some UK place names sound a bit odd when received on the other side of
the
> pond. An American friend always found the town name "Dorking" - to be
very
> amusing but I never did find out why.
>
>
> --
>
> Yours Aye
>
>
> Tag Gorton
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