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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW once got a letter addressed to George Bernard Shawm…

In a beard-tossing fury, Shaw roared to his wife that his correspondent could not even spell the name of the world’s greatest man.  Moreover, fumed G. B. S., there was no such word as “shawm.”

Shaw’s wife, one of the world’s most martyred women, quietly disagreed, led Shaw to a dictionary and pointed to “shawm…an old-fashioned wind instrument.”

“A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor.”  Proverbs 29:23

Mike Benson