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By Rajitha Weerakoon The quip that “once the mud is washed off, the man working in a paddy field is fit to be king” which famously evolved into the colloquial paraphrase, did not originate from a Lankan familiar with local parlance.
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What happened
By Rajitha Weerakoon The quip that “once the mud is washed off, the man working in a paddy field is fit to be king” which famously evolved into the colloquial paraphrase, did not originate from a Lankan familiar with local parlance.
Why it matters
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Common ground
The common ground is the underlying event itself; the contested part is how much weight readers should give to the framing around it.
Perspective signals
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