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RE: Dole on Microsoft
To James Marshall and others:
Sorry, I should have translated it...
"Gang aft a-gley" means, often go astray.
>On Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:47:08 -0500 (EST), claribba wrote:
>
>>"Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
>> O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
>><snip>
>>The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
>>Gang aft a-gley,
>>An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain
>>For promis'd joy."
>>
>> Robert Burns , "To a Mouse"
>
>"Gang aft a-gley"? Translation of that line, anyone?
>
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