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Thread #32707   Message #434168
Posted By: Penny S.
05-Apr-01 - 06:03 PM
Thread Name: Help: Origin of word 'maudlin'?
Subject: RE: Help: Origin of word 'maudlin'?
Wasn't there a politician called Maudling? And thanks about Tooley - I had a vague memory of it (and a tutor by the name) but I thought it might have been an anglicisation of somthing Irish which could not be represented in the roman alphabet. Osyth was a much nicer saint than Olaf, anyway.

Penny