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> If it's good enough for Jane Austen, it's good enough for me. Imagine that your doctor wanted to bleed you to cure an infection, on grounds that bloodletting
by dctoedt 12y ago
> If it's good enough for Jane Austen, it's good enough for me.
Imagine that your doctor wanted to bleed you to cure an infection, on grounds that bloodletting was accepted medical practice in Jane Austen's day. [1]
(This is also a reply to Thomas's up-thread shoot-at-the-king comment, which has no Reply link for me.)
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting
- eru 12y agoMy argument was, of course, rather flippant. To put flesh on the skeleton, but remove the wit of brevity: I cite Jane Austen here not so much because her English was seen as exemplary in her time, but because we widely hold her as a premier role model today.