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Unread 12-09-2012, 07:53 PM
Graham King Graham King is offline
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Originally Posted by Susan d.S. View Post
Just one tiny Dutch nit about the "Jan de Heem" poem (LL18 and 20). "de Heem" does not rhyme with "cream" if you pronounce it correctly! It's pronounced "de Haim" (!)
Yup... I do approve your attention to detail! I wonder if changing cream to crème would have helped matters? (Would a jug of crème be likely on such a feast-table?) Of course, it's academic now...
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