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Re: Forward from pacificnw@eni.net

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Subject: Re: Forward from pacificnw@eni.net
From: Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 09:49:08 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <348E9AE8.2F1CF0FB@maxson.com> from Kevin of Thornbury at "Dec 10, 97 08:36:40 am"
Reply-To: Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>
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Poster: Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>

Guinevere wrote:
> 
> To all here:
> 
> Does anyone konw the origin of the saying
> 
> May you live in interesting times
> 
> Is it oriental in origin or anglo-saxon?

It is Chinese in origin (though I don't know from what time period it
originated) and it's a curse, not merely a saying.

In service,
Corun

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References:
- Forward from pacificnw@eni.net
  - From: Kevin of Thornbury <kevin@maxson.com>

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