"That is all" instinctively made me think of "Your Christian names are still an insuperable barrier, that is all!" (ie, Gwendolyn and Cecily, "Importance of Being Earnest"). When I use it that's where it comes from, but I'm not one of the people you're referring to so I really have no idea about that either!
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Date: 2004-01-15 09:04 am (UTC)"That is all" instinctively made me think of "Your Christian names are still an insuperable barrier, that is all!" (ie, Gwendolyn and Cecily, "Importance of Being Earnest"). When I use it that's where it comes from, but I'm not one of the people you're referring to so I really have no idea about that either!