A friend reminds me of the BBC-TV production of Voltaireโs _Candide_, in
which Cunegondeโs complaint in Chapter 10 of having been โviolee par deux
Bulgaresโ was translated, loosely but euphoniously, as โbuggered by two
vulgar Bulgars.โ
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Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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