From: bill.sloman@ieee.org
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: *** Dr G Polya BRILLIANTLY analyses the Virgina Shooting Incident ***
Date: 24 Apr 2007 09:00:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1177430456.620057.190820__14216.3901859478$1177432556$gmane$org@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1177416547.394200.314950@r3g2000prh.googlegroups.com>
On Apr 24, 2:09 pm, Quadibloc <jsav...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> The Real Andy wrote:
> > Makes me wonder about the credibility of any statement Dr Gideon Polya
> > makes.
>
> .
> I never thought that I would feel the urge to call someone an
> edelweiss-eating Tanzanian devil, but Dr. Polya proved that I lacked
> imagination.
>
> (Note that "Tanzanian" is pronounced Tan.zan._ee_.yan, not
> Tan._zayn_.ee.an; one wouldn't want to spoil the effect.)
The effect is - in fact - more severely damaged by your confusion
between Tasmania - where Dr. Polya actually lives - and Tanzania which
is a country in Africa with a name similar enough to confuse semi-
literate Americans. Tasmania is a reasonably large island (about the
same size as Ireland) a couple of hundred miles south of the
Australian mainland. It is a state of Australia (not Austria, which is
where you'd need to go for edelweiss).
--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
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2007-04-23 0:17 ` *** Dr G Polya BRILLIANTLY analyses the Virgina Shooting Incident *** bill.sloman
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2007-04-23 9:00 ` The Real Andy
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2007-04-24 12:09 ` Quadibloc
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2007-04-24 16:00 ` bill.sloman [this message]
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2007-04-24 17:02 ` Rich Grise
2007-04-28 14:46 ` Quadibloc
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2007-04-28 23:52 ` jasen
2007-04-24 20:47 ` bill.sloman
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2007-04-27 10:59 ` Fred Bloggs
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2007-04-27 12:53 ` bill.sloman
2007-04-23 2:22 ` joseph2k
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