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chelidon*LOL* Oh, that's just...so very evil ;> Talk about professional rivalry. Remind me not to mess with you Brits.
Poet's love letter is a hoax
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LONDON, England (AP) -- A British writer was duped into printing a fake love letter in his latest biography -- complete with a coded four-letter insult aimed at him.
Biographer A.N. Wilson thought he had new evidence that English poet John Betjeman, who publicly lamented his dull sex life, had a previously unknown extramarital affair.
Wilson included the letter, said to be from the poet to his mistress, in his book "Betjeman," published this month.
He failed to notice that the first letter of each sentence in one section of the letter spells out "A.N. Wilson is a s---."
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The newspaper suggested that rival Betjeman biographer Bevis Hillier might have been responsible, reporting that the envelope came from a stationer in Winchester, the southern English town where Hillier lives. Hillier denied involvement, but told the paper he thinks Wilson is "despicable."
Poet's love letter is a hoax
Excerpts:
LONDON, England (AP) -- A British writer was duped into printing a fake love letter in his latest biography -- complete with a coded four-letter insult aimed at him.
Biographer A.N. Wilson thought he had new evidence that English poet John Betjeman, who publicly lamented his dull sex life, had a previously unknown extramarital affair.
Wilson included the letter, said to be from the poet to his mistress, in his book "Betjeman," published this month.
He failed to notice that the first letter of each sentence in one section of the letter spells out "A.N. Wilson is a s---."
[...]
The newspaper suggested that rival Betjeman biographer Bevis Hillier might have been responsible, reporting that the envelope came from a stationer in Winchester, the southern English town where Hillier lives. Hillier denied involvement, but told the paper he thinks Wilson is "despicable."
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Date: 2006-08-31 07:17 pm (UTC)(consider yourself reminded)
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Date: 2006-08-31 07:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-31 07:44 pm (UTC)And perfect that they suspect someone named Bevis!
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Date: 2006-09-05 06:01 pm (UTC)Can you imagine how complete the humiliation at having published that letter, added to the humiliation of having to have not only falling for the forgery revealed, but the blatant hidden message pointed, once it was out in the hands of the world? I am really in awe here. Dang.