Saturday, 25 May 2013

Bourghery



Bourghery: noun. An action that by no means lacks condescension and self-sufficiency, which can only be undertaken by a person of rank. The word Boughery was first used by the first priest of the Lady Catherine Bourgh Denomination, Mr William Collins, who managed to introduce it in the most servile language possible, saying that her Ladyship´s condescension is “the most Bourgherious Bourghery, which makes Lady Catherine de Bourgh so Bourghy.” This quote was of course crossed out of the first edition of Jane Austen´s Pride and Prejudice, but a copy of the original novel with several passages never seen before had been rediscovered by Howard Carter, who found the first manuscript in the tomb of some pharaoh. These passages included Lady Catherine´s journey to outer space and Darcy´s adventure in the centre of the Earth.

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