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Re: Deciphering sayings

Posted by R. Berg on January 13, 2004

In Reply to: Deciphering sayings from initial letters posted by Keith Macgregor on January 13, 2004

: I have been asked to decipher the following sayings which contain the initials only of the words which give the answer. For example: F the ST the R = "From the sublime to the ridiculous"
: What are the following: Any help would be much appreciated
: CR-H
: M a SA a D
: S the DA the HHB
: LTYT
: TO be WATE
: and this, which refers to a book, play, film or opera etc:
: TR of TJ

: Thanks, Keith Macgregor

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