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RobbieWilson Yan Tan Tethera - more words in the count? (95* d) RE: Yan Tan Tethera - more words in the count? 12 Jan 07

I too saw the Thackery documentary where he said he made this nonsense up. A google search turns up only Thackery and Terry pratchett who used it in 1998.

This seems somewhat at odds with the anecdotes throughout this thread. Does anyone have any evidence of this as a real counting system or has Jakes yarn been spun from mouth to mouth and believed as true?

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