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Conversation Two - Darrell Barnes, Stuart Estell
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Conversation Two - Darrell Barnes, Stuart Estell
Darrell
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koog ydelbbog s’tI !reve’ahW ;kool I yaw hcihw rettam on BGR ton s’tI fi em rof, IICSA ro .koob eht ni s’tahw yb og ll’I
Stuart
Da iawn, Darrell! Bendigedig!
Darrell
Forgive if I seem very thick, but this coding I cannot unstick. I’d really not rather work myself in a lather: please answer me PDQ.
Stuart
Your backwards verse, isnit, I fear, seemed written in Welsh to my ear, Very good, yes indeed Was all I decreed In my forefathers’ tongue (look you) here.
Darrell
The thought had occurred to my mind it might have been Welsh; but how kind, in these dark and drear days, to receive handsome praise such a change from quotidian grind.