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(Guardian)   On second thought, yeah. If the guy who plagiarized you also plagiarized F Scott Fitzgerald and Tolstoy, that's technically a kind of compliment   (theguardian.com) divider line
    More: Silly, Literature, High school, England, World War II, Literary award, Writing, Plagiarism, Etymology  
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2023-01-31 9:20:57 PM  
I'd be chuffed. My lawyer would handle the rest.
 
2023-02-01 3:40:29 AM  
Tldr.
 
2023-02-01 5:11:44 AM  
I mean, In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

/i wrote that
 
2023-02-01 5:40:40 AM  
I started in on the article, but...

I'm assuming that John Hughes, the director, didn't leave the Chicago suburbs to teach English at an Aussie school?
 
2023-02-01 8:25:42 AM  
Seems kinda quaint after all the Dorothy Hewett kerfuffle. Andrew McGahan beats em both, anyway.
 
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