LOL ;-)
No, Bierce wrote 'stores' and 'customs'.
I observed the same you did, and thought a little while, why was he
playing with words, and what did he really meant.
See here: <http://www.gutenberg.org/files/972/972-h/972-h.htm#2H_4_0009>
Fernando.
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cool. Nice to see Ambrose quoted (do you mean storms, not stores?).
>
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nice, Fernando
>
> And it would be "customs", without the definite article. "The customs" would
> imply the practices of the locals, whereas "Customs" is the guardian of the
> state's revenue :-)
>
> Chris
>
> On 18 May 2011, at 05:15, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>
>> Another one from 1996.
>>
>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/5731663273/in/photostream/lightbox/>
>>
>> handheld Olympus OM 2n on Auto mode, Zuiko 28mm ƒ/2,8 @ ƒ/ 5,6.
>
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