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Originally Posted by gmw
I don't read enough of these to know how they work, but the "terms are repeated from book to book" gave me a chuckle. I'm wondering if it's like researching stuff on the Internet and thinking you've hit a gold mine of difference sources ... only to find all the sites are quoting each other and untangling the true/original source becomes impossible, and you're left wondering if it was simply made up in the first place.
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Well, yeah, that's why I'm vaguely curious. Terms like "diamond of the first water," "make a cake of yourself," "abigail," "Corinthian," "ape leader" are common in Regencies.