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| − | The surname of the great Irish poet '''W.B. Yeats''' (1865-1939), who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923), is pronounced to rhyme with 'dates' /jeIts/. Do not confuse him with the great English poet | + | The surname of the great Irish poet '''W.B. Yeats''' (1865-1939), who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923), is pronounced to rhyme with 'dates' /jeIts/. Do not confuse him with the great English poet [[Keats]] (''q.v.'') (The initials stand for William Butler.) |
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The surname of the great Irish poet W.B. Yeats (1865-1939), who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923), is pronounced to rhyme with 'dates' /jeIts/. Do not confuse him with the great English poet Keats (q.v.) (The initials stand for William Butler.)
