Re: England, a nation of shopkeepers

On 11/30/03 5:48 PM, in article
[EMAIL PROTECTED], "David E. Latane"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, francis muir wrote:
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>>> Socially acceptable, I presume, to aristocrats and gentry? Men of genuine
>>> accomplishment who made their own living in the professions were in fact
>>> socially acceptable to all but the hardest of the snobs early in the
>>> nineteenth century.
>> 
>> Tell that to Tommy Lipton.
> 
> Sir Tommie, famous for losing the America's Cup? I doubt he was snubbed
> because of his closeness to the greasy till--I'd rather think it was for
> foisting another dastardly Scottish invention onto the English--the
> teabag--and providing more ammunition for "Wha's Like Us?" teatowels.

1) Lipton was Thomas or Tommy; never Tommie.
2) Lipton never lost the America's Cup, chifly because he never held it.
3) The tea-bag was invented after Lipton's demise.
4) The teabag is an American not a Scottish invention.

Otherwise you were spot on.