Sujet : Re: Dr Mirabolis: Blish's Baconian bookend
De : rja.carnegie (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Robert Carnegie)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 01. Jul 2024, 17:02:52
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Investigating the phrase "more X than you
can/could shake a stick at" is broadly
fruitless, per
<
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/92393/origin-of-more-x-than-you-can-shake-a-stick-at>
Though the suggestion that somehow it's about
William Shakespeare, is interesting.
It is not what "Shakespeare" was based on
unless he was invented after 1818, as
probably someone is claiming.