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The Reids
 
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Following up to The Reids

>did you know "oblade oblada" are names of the saddled bream in
>French ans Spanish? Do you think Paul McCartney knew that?
>
>"Rape" is an odd name for a fish until you realise its "rap-ay".
>We seem to sell it in the shops as "monkfish" here. But Davidson
>says "angelote" is spanish for "monkfish" and "rape" is
>angler-fish. The angler fish being the one with the jaw and
>fishing rod


I meant to end that with "not many people know that" :-)
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