Lynn Coady - Occasionally, chewing over some random letter writer's dilemma, I'll find mysel...

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Occasionally, chewing over some random letter writer's dilemma, I'll find myself imagining scenarios where the problem could be sidestepped by an innocent fib or series of evasive manoeuvres. Then, I slap myself on the wrist.

Lynn Coady

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Gelegentlich kauere ich mich über das Dilemma eines beliebigen Briefverfassers hinweg und stelle mir Szenarien vor, in denen das Problem von einem unschuldigen Witz oder einer Reihe von Ausweichmanövern abgehalten werden könnte. Dann klopfe ich mir aufs Handgelenk.

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