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refugee 
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 Posted: November 21 2012 at 07:35 |
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Before 1500?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 07:59 |
No, not before 1500. Educated at home.
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refugee
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 08:35 |
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Before 1800?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 08:46 |
No, not before 1800. Influential.
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refugee
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 08:47 |
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European?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 09:31 |
Yes, European. Two alcoholic Uncles.
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refugee
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 09:45 |
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British?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 10:02 |
No, not British. On the tenth he died.
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refugee
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 10:19 |
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Arthur Rimbaud. The poem gave him away:
A black, E white, I red, U green, O blue etc.
Edited by refugee - November 21 2012 at 10:32
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 10:56 |
 Well done! The hints themselves were no giveaways, but the colors of the vowels could not point at anyone else.
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refugee
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 11:03 |
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That’s right. I vaguely remembered reading a poem like that but I wasn’t sure if it was Rimbaud or Baudelaire. That was easy to check, though.
I’ll be back later with a new one.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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refugee
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 11:20 |
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Back to a theme you have used a few times:
Male, deceased, real and fictional.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 15:54 |
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Did he die before 1900?
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refugee
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Posted: November 21 2012 at 16:29 |
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He did.
Both sides of the bridge
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 02:39 |
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Before 1700?
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refugee
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 04:43 |
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Yes.
The fifth
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 05:02 |
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After 1000?
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refugee
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 05:21 |
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No, before 1000.
His mother had been a slave.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 05:35 |
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Before 400 AD?
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refugee
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 08:50 |
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No.
Nominal marriage
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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