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Cadge a smoke: Essay, may ay heff one of yossy grets? Thairk yaw. Herpew dernt maned.
Apologise for poor behaviour, perhaps due to drinking too much brendeh: Offly sorreh—hoss choop toffmeh!
Excuse oneself from the table formally: Herpule forgive meh, but Fred Emma sliffue. Fraffly sorreh.
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Just before Gerald Murnane won the Melbourne Prize, we sold French rights to The Plains to P.O.L. who publish Marie Darrieussecq.
Excuse oneself from the table informally: Shompy long—beckon a few mints. Fraffly sorreh.
Farewell a recent acquaintance: Fay ness toof sinew again, fay nessin deed. Kip in todge.
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Strine: The Complete Works of Afferbeck Lauder contains Let Stalk Strine, Nose Tone Unturned, Fraffly Well Spoken and Fraffly Suite, all together in one hilarious volume.
Praise one’s long-suffering wife, mother or nanny: Femme et cesse eau, shiss fay caned end fay swit. Aim fay fawn torfa.
Concur with the opinion of one’s learned colleague: Earce. Earce of coss, earl chep. Egg-wetter gree.
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Text warmly congratulates Gerald Murnane on winning the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Gerald was awarded the $60,000 Prize at a ceremony in Melbourne last night.
