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On 06/05/2026 19.55, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 5/6/2026 7:11 AM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:

On 05/05/2026 23.17, Steve Hayes wrote:

On Tue, 5 May 2026 08:13:40 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper"
<michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

On 03/05/2026 12.59, Steve Hayes wrote:

[Harry Potter books]

They didn't get as short as the first three, but it wasn't a monotonic >>>> increase.

Do they give word counts?

No, they don't.

Mine are the Bloomsbury editions, but I suspect different editions
might give different page counts.

I suspect that as well. That is why I specifically used the first
British publication (Bloomsbury) for all seven. Apples to apples.

But!-a But!-a That's actually the correct way to do it!!!-a No one on the internet is allowed do things correctly!!!

Sorry; I'll consider myself suitably admonished.
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On 6/1/26 10:11, The True Melissa wrote:

Verily, in article <10vke1m$1v8nq$1@dont-email.me>, did bcfd36
@cruzio.com deliver unto us this message:

"A bounder and a cad" is a gross understatement!

"A knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow,
beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave."
And a reprobate for good measure.

How does one break meat?

According to google, it means someone who eats scraps and leftovers from
some else's meal. It is quite old, and the meanings of some words have
shifted or gone away entirely.

The quote is from King Lear, Act 2, Scene 2. And, yes, I had to look the actual source up. I thought it was from Hamlet.
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