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Beyond the pale
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What does beyond the pale mean?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I would have to disagree and say that the generally accepted explanation relates to an area of Ireland known as "The Pale" - see http://allaboutirish.com/library/language/w-pale.h
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