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- From: loki@netcom.com (James E Myers)
- Subject: Re: Featherstonehaugh
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.234928.11261@netcom.com>
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- References: <1993Jan24.010817.20854@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <C1FED1.Iv8@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:49:28 GMT
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- rao@moose.cccs.umn.edu (Rao Akella) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan24.010817.20854@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, pwhitman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Philip N Whitman) writes:
- >pronounced "Fungy." I mean to say, what, what, what? :-)
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- >Could someone (maybe our friends in the UK) enlighten me? -- what exactly is
- >Debrett's? Sherlock Holmes keeps pulling out his Debrett's "Peerage" once in a
- >while -- is it, as I surmise, a Who's Who of British royalty?
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- Debrett's Peerage lists all the peers of Britain, and all the previous
- holders of the title, as well as giving biographical information, offices held,
- clubs and so forth. It also includes valuable tips about the Royal Household,
- proper forms of address, and so on and so forth. A new edition is published
- every year.
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- --James
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