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tezza on Sept 1, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Welcome Alexis

"Ambassador to the East" sounded a little like East as in Beijing :: at first, and perhaps only to English ears.

pg on Sept 1, 2010 [–]

It is deliberately medievally grandiose. It goes with his name.

kn0thing on Sept 1, 2010 | [–]

Though, I do love travelling...

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