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Originally Posted by HarryT
Absolutely. One classic example (no pun intended) is this sentence I came across in a detective story recently:
50 years ago, the reference to "Gaul" would have been instantly understandable to any reader. Today I suspect that I'm in a minority in understanding it. Anyone care to explain it?
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I got the reference. Gaul was the ancient name for the country that is now known as France. And I have read the line in Caesar's Gallic Wars that makes that reference. I don't think it was so much the country that was divided as the people which seemed to divide themselves into three groups.