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Letter: Letters : . . . . .

Published 28 February 1998

From Charles Warren, University of St Andrews

Fife

Surely one of the oldest translation/re-translation stories—but into
and out of Russian, not German—was one of my father’s favourite jokes 25
years ago. “Out of sight, out of mind” re-emerges as “invisible idiot”.

Issue no. 2123 published 28 February 1998

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