Comments on: All you need is… http://jonathanburton.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/all-you-need-is/ Jonathan Burton's website Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:16:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jonathanburton http://jonathanburton.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/all-you-need-is/#comment-2 jonathanburton Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:28:52 +0000 http://jonathanburton.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/all-you-need-is/#comment-2 Amanda Holden tells me that she wrote 'I'm sixty, but I'm sexy' in 1986, whereas Jeremy Sams's translation was done for ENO in 1993 as I well remember. Pure simultaneity, I'm sure! *ahem* Many apologies for falsely accusing her of plagiarism. (Amanda's 'ossias' were: I'm fifty but I'm nifty I'm forty but I'm naughty I'm thrty but I'm dirty) Amanda Holden tells me that she wrote ‘I’m sixty, but I’m sexy’ in 1986, whereas Jeremy Sams’s translation was done for ENO in 1993 as I well remember.

Pure simultaneity, I’m sure! *ahem*

Many apologies for falsely accusing her of plagiarism.

(Amanda’s ‘ossias’ were:
I’m fifty but I’m nifty
I’m forty but I’m naughty
I’m thrty but I’m dirty)

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