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'Metrognomic Tales has nothing to do with metronomes. The metro refers to the omnibus system in Hobart. The gnome refers to my lack of height. It is also a literary term, which is nice to know. My literary friends will know of course that it is a‘short pithy statement of a general truth – thus, a maxim or aphorism’ (J.A. Cuddon, A Dictionary of Literary Terms). ' (Publication summary)
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