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Old 01-10-2018, 09:57 PM   #83
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Originally Posted by Byrdie View Post
These must be the "interesting times" they keep talking about in that ancient (maybe Chinese?) curse.
Thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute without fear of violating the no-politics-here rule.

. . . no actual Chinese source has ever been produced. . . .

It is likely that the [British] Chamberlain family may have inadvertently transmitted a folk etymology by expanding [House of Commons opposition leader] Joseph Chamberlain's use of the concept to refer to some Chinese curse.
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