Porlock
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51° 12′ 32″ N 3° 35′ 44″ W / 51.208796, -3.595557 Porlock est un village côtier du Somerset, en Angleterre, situé dans une profonde dépression près du parc national d'Exmoor, à 8 km à l'ouest de Minehead. En 2002, la population du village était estimée à 1 377 personnes.
A person from Porlock
L'expression A person from Porlock (« une personne venant de Porlock ») a été utilisée par le poète Samuel Coleridge pour décrire un visiteur imprévu qui aurait interrompu le rêve né de l'opium à l'origine de son célèbre poème inachevé Kubla Khan.
Depuis lors, l'expression littéraire A person from Porlock désigne en anglais un visiteur inattendu ou indésirable.
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