Or possibly even M[e]rrama[n] or some variation on that?

M[a]cRama[n(d)]? Though the superscript letter looks very like an r.

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Thank you! I had forgotten that story but your post rang a bell and now I've reacquainted myself with it after about 50 years!

Thanks! I wonder if she was one of them. She was a minor in 1632, mentioned in her father's testament. I wonder where the fashion came from?

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Hard agree. I do think that Bill Paterson's voice, while profoundly different, has as much beauty to it.

The voice of Deep Thought.

This is bewildering. What is the supposed motivation for gratuitously cutting staff/subjects?

Bissilie

I wonder who was responsible for the interpolation?

which led to suitcases getting even bigger, and people carrying even more. People used to travel light, consume less and have a much smaller carbon footprint. Wheeled suitcases are an epitome.

Pace yourself!