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Letter: Humble words

Published 31 August 2002

From Vorn Hancock

Finding “The Who” on Google is fun, given the way the search engine ignores “humble” words (Feedback, 3 August). But how about this? I recently wanted to acquire some CDs by a band headed up by Matt Johnson. The band’s name? “The The”.

Cambridge

Issue no. 2358 published 31 August 2002

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