Word: exempli
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...made a more seemly Proposal, exempli gratia, "HARVARD CLOTHED COLD DIVESEICURE," he might have found Favour. But ye Fellowe hath shewn scaree ye Witts of an Yalie. So in disgust say wee: ye Figge of Spaine la Goodbody Lane! Of politickal Rectitude his is a mind devoide. Verily, wee doth suspect him of consorting with Jacobites and diverse other dangerous Radicals, gainst which wee must all watch and warde most vigillantly...
...quite good but that Non respondera is not up to snuff as a translation of "Don't anther." Generally, that sort of Nashian distortion is not handled really well, the arbiter elegantiarum decides comfortably, but translations that do not require puns or word twists are sometimes perfect. Exempli gratia...
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