The most bitter insult one can offer to a Londoner is "bastard" - which, taken for what it means, is hardly an insult at all. (George Orwell)

The most bitter insult one can offer to a Londoner is "bastard" - which, taken for what it means, is hardly an insult at all.

George Orwell

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