From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rich Grise Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: *** Dr G Polya BRILLIANTLY analyses the Virgina Shooting Incident *** Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:02:43 GMT Message-ID: References: <1177266754.126153.202760@b58g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <1177287460.376404.323520@b58g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <1177416547.394200.314950@r3g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <1177430456.620057.190820@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177436182 2401 80.91.229.12 (24 Apr 2007 17:36:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:36:22 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 24 19:36:19 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HgOw5-0004YQ-8s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:36:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HgP1b-0004uL-VQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:41:59 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!130.81.64.211.MISMATCH!cycny01.gnilink.net!spamkiller.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trnddc08.POSTED!dd653b87!not-for-mail User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table) Original-Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design, sci.optics, comp.text.tex, comp.lang.python, gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.103.107.248 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net Original-X-Trace: trnddc08 1177434163 71.103.107.248 (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:02:43 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:02:43 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu sci.electronics.design:731317 sci.optics:94762 comp.text.tex:348864 comp.lang.python:492201 gnu.emacs.help:147504 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:43109 Archived-At: On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:00:56 -0700, bill.sloman wrote: > On Apr 24, 2:09 pm, Quadibloc 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). LOL! Thanks! Rich