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Originally Posted by HarryT
Pretty much all the "free" versions of it, PG included, in a paragraph describing the appearance of the cabin of a boat, include a mysterious reference to "banks of yam". I defy anyone to guess what that really should be, without recourse to an original page scan or a printed copy of the book.
The correct text, in case you're wondering, is "hanks of yarn"  . |
Hmm... Now I wonder if the "Come and have a yarn" I've just read in Wodehouse's Piccadilly Jim is "yarn" or "yam"
