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Re: silly question



On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 04:53:17PM +1100, Blake Swadling wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 21:26 -0800, Gordon Jackson wrote:
> > I can?t believe that I am going take a swing at this pulpy dead horse,
> > but I can?t resist J
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >      1. From ?The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing?: /deb'ee`n/,
> >         *not* /deeb'ee`n/
> > 
> > Additionally: The name Debian is a contraction of DEB(ra) and IAN
> > Murdock.
> > 
> >      1. Aluminum has one ?i? unless you?re from the UK, where it is
> >         Aluminium ? this is a variant of Aluminum, not the other way
> >         around.
> Hmm i think from where i sit (not in the UK) it is Aluminium, and
> Aluminum is a case where spelling has been altered to fit the
> (mis)pronunciation
> 
> It should be noted that it is only the 2 US sites that specify the
> "British" spelling is a variant. Not exactly a statistically sound
> sample.
> 
> If I was a cynical man I would think that it is a Nth American
> conspiracy to render our children illiterate [;)]. Next thing we know
> they'll be declaring "fries" to be fresh vegetables and the downward
> spiral begins
> 
> >      1. The plural of ?y?all? is ?all y?all?
> you've gotta be shitting me! BAhhahh
> 
> >      1. In Boston they ?pahk theyah cahs ovah theyah? ? Yep, I?ve seen
> >         them do just that.
> having never been to Boston (and having no desire to go there) I'll have
> to trust you on this one :)
> 
> >  
> > 
> > Anyone interested in burying this horse now?
> I'll get my shovel
> 

In America, the conspiracy is thought to be centered in Madison Ave. and
Hollywood. Many Americans believe the conspiracy is very real. 

-- 
Paul E Condon           
pecondon@mesanetworks.net



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