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From: CHR.CS-KF@a.chr.ab.ca
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 08:59:47 0000
To: love-hounds@gryphon.com
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More about Gaffa:
 
Apparently, Kate has said in an interview (perhaps more than one) that Gaffa
is indeed gaffer's tape.  This, however, has not prevented some of us (a
minority, to be sure) from believing she was pulling our legs.  If someone
would kindly point me to an interpretation of the *song* that makes sense
in that light, as opposed to the countless interpretations of the *one line*
I would be happy to revise my opinion.  Until that time, I feel obliged to
credit Alan Carter for discovering that Gaffa is an anglicization of an
Arabic word meaning "non-believer" or "disbelief."  The title then becomes
something of a play on words, as fiction is often described as a "suspension
of disbelief," and the biblical references make more sense, IMHO.  YMMV.
 
Peace,
 
Kent