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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: How Good is Univ. of York in General?
From: koumis@husc4.harvard.edu (Anthony Koumis)
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:09:26 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

In article <1992Aug11.203841.17285@oracorp.com> li@oracorp.com (Li Gong) writes:
>I am interested in knowing where Univ of York stands among academic
>institutions in the UK (and possibly in Europe or world, if that
>information is available).  Any general information is welcome.
>Particulars such as how many A levels and B levels are required for
>undergraduate are also good indicators.  Also about graduate studies,
>for example, PhD programs in English literature.  Please email or
>post.  Thanks a lot in advance.
>
>Li
>
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I did a M.A. in History there and found the History Staff
to be full (on the whole) up and coming and very interetsed
in academics.  The man who ran the course was quite a 
keen historian.  Quite a difference from some of the old
fuddy-duddies I had gotten at my Undergraduate History classes,
so it was a nice shange.  It was alos the first year of our
course (Cultural hisotry) so they were very attentive. 







Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: sp@mirabeau.osf.fr (Simon Patience)
Subject: Re: royal family
Reply-To: sp@mirabeau.osf.fr (Simon Patience)
Organization: OSF Research Institute
Distribution: soc
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 12:57:55 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.095732.19229@cs.hw.ac.uk>, neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil
Postlethwaite) writes:
> Q/	Is Tesco's more important to the UK than The Queen
> 
> A/	YES.

Of course the answer is yes. I doubt if The Queen has ever been to Tescos.

Simon.

  Simon Patience
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From: "richard tanner" <richard.tanner@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: royal family
Date: 20 Aug 92 23:48:28 EST
Reply-To: "richard tanner" <richard.tanner@canrem.com>
Distribution: soc
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

>>3. The Queen of Canada provides for us a link with a human face to nati
>>which share with us common traditions and values.
>
>How?? Such ass ??

In the same way as a nation's ambassador represents the point of view of 
that nation, the Queen is an ambassador of the traditions and values that 
Commonwealth nations hold in common: freedom, fair play, and putting one's 
community ahead of personal gain in one's value system. It is so 
refreshing to hear her speak, as she did during her recent Royal Visit, 
with no vested interest, not taking a partisan stand. Without telling this 
nation what to do in its present constitutional stand-off, she was able to 
remind us of the common basis upon which we must make our decisions. 

Maybe I'm just an idealist. I really believe that British values at their 
best (and I know they're not always at their best) are a benevolent 
influence in a world in which know-how, wealth and violence usually get 
the last say. The Queen, whatever her personal failings, does an admirable 
job at helping us get us in touch with that. 


>>The bottom line is that what the Queen and the Royal Family around her 
>>or do not do is unimportant. It is what they are, like fixed parts with
>>a watch, holding the moving gears in place (unless, of course, you're
>>wearing a Casio).
>
>Utter Bollocks

An articulate rejoinder.


Richard



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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com (Gwyn Evans @ IME)
Subject: Re: New Road Signs
Reply-To: evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com (Gwyn Evans @ IME)
Organization: Digital Equipment Service Industries Solutions Company Ltd
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 12:32:22 GMT


In article <1992Aug17.110204.1818@siesoft.co.uk>, kfe@siesoft.co.uk (Keith
) writes:
>I have recently noticed a large number of new 'road signs' popping up
>all over the place. They are about 1 foot by 2 feet in size, mounted
>parallel to the road (ie not facing the traffic) and appear to show
>bar code type reflective markings.
>
>Does anybody out the in netland have any idea what these signs are for?

  They don't sound like anything I've seen but aren't you near one of
the DoT's road research centres? Maybe it's something to do with one of
these systems for in-car navigation and the bar-code contains geographical
information which a sensor in the car reads?

Gwyn
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| DESISCo - Digital Equipment Service Industries Solutions Company Ltd |
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From: parimal@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Parimal)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Oneway ticket to Austin/Houston from NJ for sale, 25 or 31 Aug
Date: 13 Aug 92 20:43:50 GMT
Reply-To: parimal@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Parimal)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: parimal@dewey.cc.utexas.edu

I have two oneway  airtickets for sale from Newark, NJ to Austin, TX.

Tickets are on Continental Airlines for 25th & 31st of August, changeable at

$25. If you don't have luggage to check-in, these could be used for one

way travel to Houston also. Asking $75 each or best offer.

Call (512) 476-7134. E-mail : parimal@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu 

			      parimal@alpha.iat.utexas.edu
From: loganathan_l@darwin.ntu.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Aussies Rule
Date: 23 Aug 92 20:20:31 +0900

Well

Heh heh heh!!!

Didn't you just the love the cricket match fellas?
What an absolutely dismal performance by the home side eh?

All I can say is...glad I'm an Aussie ;-)

-- 
Leon Loganathan
Darwin
Northern Territory
Australia
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera)
Subject: Re: How many Sri Lankans does it take ...
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 01:37:07 GMT


In article <l8isvgINNh48@aludra.usc.edu> vnesiah@aludra.usc.edu (Deep Third Man) writes:
>In article <9208121539.AA05212@arcss5.FRB.GOV> pkd@fed.UUCP (Prasad Dharmasena) writes:
>
>>The following maybe offensive to Sri Lankans and those who know...
>>Q: How many Sri Lankans living in the U.S.
>>   does it take to change a light bulb?
>>
>>A: Six.
>>	1 to say "In Ceylon, it's 220, no?"
>>	1 to say "Ceylon bulbs don't have threads, no?"
>		( or "Ceylon bulbs you just push")
>>	1 to make sure your bulb is better than other SL families' bulbs.
>>	1 to change the bulb.
>>	1 to video-tape the experience.
>>	1 to make cutlets.
>
>Correction.
>
>A: ten
>
>	prasad's six
>	... &,
>	1 to hold the torch (aka flashlight)
>	1 to look for batteries for the torch
>	1 to say "in those days we only had kerosene lamps"
>	1 to say "Anay, why don't we have some tea first?"
>
>>
>>prasad
>
>Vasee
ADDITION

Q: Now that we settled on the # of SL's, lets go to the more practical
question, How long does it take to change the light bulb, provided you
have required n # of Sri Lankans available ?
A: If n=1 one day, of course weather permitting.
   If n>1 two days. (Day one, lot of talks ,but no result. Day two,
owner of the house does  it alone.)

Vicum
From: vnesiah@aludra.usc.edu (Deep Third Man)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: How many Sri Lankans does it take ...
Date: 12 Aug 1992 13:26:24 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <9208121539.AA05212@arcss5.FRB.GOV> pkd@fed.UUCP (Prasad Dharmasena) writes:

>The following maybe offensive to Sri Lankans and those who know...
>Q: How many Sri Lankans living in the U.S.
>   does it take to change a light bulb?
>
>A: Six.
>	1 to say "In Ceylon, it's 220, no?"
>	1 to say "Ceylon bulbs don't have threads, no?"
		( or "Ceylon bulbs you just push")
>	1 to make sure your bulb is better than other SL families' bulbs.
>	1 to change the bulb.
>	1 to video-tape the experience.
>	1 to make cutlets.

Correction.

A: ten

	prasad's six
	... &,
	1 to hold the torch (aka flashlight)
	1 to look for batteries for the torch
	1 to say "in those days we only had kerosene lamps"
	1 to say "Anay, why don't we have some tea first?"

>
>prasad

Vasee
From: pkd@fed.UUCP (Prasad Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: How many Sri Lankans does it take ...
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:15:47 GMT


vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera) writes:
> vnesiah@aludra.usc.edu (Deep Third Man) writes:
> >pkd@fed.UUCP (Prasad Dharmasena) writes:

> >>The following maybe offensive to Sri Lankans and those who know...
> >>Q: How many Sri Lankans living in the U.S.
> >>   does it take to change a light bulb?

> >>A: Six.

> >Correction.

> >A: ten


> ADDITION

> Q: Now that we settled on the # of SL's, lets go to the more practical
> question, How long does it take to change the light bulb, provided you
> have required n # of Sri Lankans available ?
> A: If n=1 one day, of course weather permitting.
>    If n>1 two days. (Day one, lot of talks ,but no result. Day two,
> owner of the house does  it alone.)


Yeah, but you guys are mixing this up.  My original figure was for
Sri Lankans *living in the US.*  (Go to any US-Sri Lankan gathering
and you'll have enough cutlets and there's always this one guy 
fiddling with a video camera.  BTW, what are the "proper" small-talk
(Not OO language) questions to ask at such a place? :-))  

How about separating the two?

	Q1: How many Sri Lankans in the US does it take ....
	Q2: How many Sri Lankans does it take ....

Any takers?


prasad

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera)
Subject: Re: Singlish
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:04:42 GMT

I am telling you the "certificate truth". "Coming thread is not
good"."Uncle, take the girl inside". "Me don't catch his colors". Also,
"today is raining colors". I am going to tell him "one or two mouthful" or
rather "put reverse backward" and go home. He is just a "village boy
became mod."
From: pkd@fed.UUCP (Prasad Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: How many Sri Lankans does it take ...
Date: 12 Aug 92 15:39:45 GMT



The following maybe offensive to Sri Lankans and those who know
Sri Lankans, and even others.  If you are easily offended by any
stereotypical comment, DO NOT READ FURTHER.  

(Now, you've been warned.)


Q: How many Sri Lankans living in the U.S.
   does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Six.
	1 to say "In Ceylon, it's 220, no?"
	1 to say "Ceylon bulbs don't have threads, no?"
	1 to make sure your bulb is better than other SL families' bulbs.
	1 to change the bulb.
	1 to video-tape the experience.
	1 to make cutlets.


prasad

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From: root@trl.oz.au (System PRIVILEGED Account)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Singlish
Date: 19 Aug 92 09:08:21 GMT
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia

A lady offering some cake to a guest at a function was overheard
saying:

"Can't catch catch and wait child take will you"

Do you know of such sayings ?

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From: ruvan@clu.cf.ac.uk (Ruvan Weerasinghe)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: Another Commemoration
Date: 14 Aug 92 02:45:27 GMT
Organization: Computational Linguistics Unit, U of Wales - Cardiff, Cardiff, UK
X-Mailer: Cardiff Computing Maths PP Mail Open News Gateway

In article <1992Aug9.165754.29733@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> be942@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Nesan S. Sriskanda) writes:
|
|Sri Lankan top brass Maj.Gen.Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Brig.Vijaya Wimalaratne
|,Commodore Mohan Jayamaha and three unknown, poor lieutenant colonels were
|blown up in Tamils home land. 

I don't know about other SL netters but I seem to read a note of jubilation
(almost) in the above - well at least one of condescension. (note esp. the
use of 'top brass', 'poor' etc.)

|                     Still don't Sandhurst trained colonels understand
|the power of guerilla war? 

If you knew anything at all about Maj.Gen. Kobbekaduwa you would have been
spared having to display your ignorance by posing such simplistic questions.
(I guess the expected answer to your rhetoric question is NO?) Pathetic ...

|                Still, how many Generals Sri Lankan govt. has to get 
|rid off?
|           Plese let me know that.

Some people only open their mouths to change feet!


Ruvan.


PS : This is NOT intended to be a flame, but I seriously think that there
     is no room for flippancy in commenting on such events. So, only
     serious objections to my posting will be considered worth responding to.
From: ruvan@clu.cf.ac.uk (Ruvan Weerasinghe)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: Golf Match
Date: 17 Aug 92 01:36:43 GMT
Organization: Computational Linguistics Unit, U of Wales - Cardiff, Cardiff, UK
X-Mailer: Cardiff Computing Maths PP Mail Open News Gateway

In article <Bt1463.9HC@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera) writes:
|
|
| One day Gawthama Buddha invited Jesus Christ to play golf at the summer
| .....
|
|"You mean to tell me, you lost to an Eastener."
|" Not really, Monk Nicklas did."
|

Sorry, couldn't really catch the joke (seriously). Please explain.

BTW, though implied here, J.Christ was not a 'westerner'.

Ruvan.
From: perera@athena.cs.uga.edu (Niranjan Perera)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: George Bush..
Date: 21 Aug 92 16:54:51 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens


 
 Did anyone notice The president mention SRI LANKA during his speech,
 at the republican convention ?
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From: partha@mse.ogi.edu (R. Parthasarathy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: INDIAN FOOD FAIR AT BEAVERTON
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:11:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.41250
Distribution: pnw
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute, Material Science & Engineering



			INDIA FOOD BAZAAR

	Date: August 15th, Saturday

	Venue: Oregon Graduate Inst.

	Time: 3PM to 8PM

	Free Admission

	Come and taste a variety of Indian food items!

	Direction: Take US 26 West
		   Take the Exit at 185th Ave. Turn Left
		   Take Right at SW Walker Road	
		   Take Left at Compton Dr (Walker Rd. Ends there)
		   OGI is on the left hand side. 
		   Reach the Quadrangle where the Food fair is held.
From: akumar@pollux.usc.edu (Anant Kumar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: SpicMacay:Indian Dance(ODISSI):LEC-DEM:AUG 19:FREE
Date: 12 Aug 1992 15:33:35 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: pollux.usc.edu


  Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth
                                (SPIC-MACAY)

                                 presents

                   An evening (Lecture-Demonstration) with

           	 One of the foremost Indian Classical Dancers
			  The Great Odissi Exponent


                             SANJUKTA PANIGRAHI



                        Wednesday Aug. 19, 1992, 7:30 pm.
			
 		       Titan pavilion A, University Center
			  California State University
                                   Fullerton

			**ALSO AT:
			  Peterson Hall, Room 103
			  UC, SAN DIEGO. August 20th, 7:30 pm.
			  Call (619) 291 9377 for more Info.
			**

                        ADMISSION FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.
	     (First Come First Served, limited by hall capacity)

		For CARPOOL and other info, contact:
                           USC, Los Angeles (213) 748-6353 (Kartik)
                           UC, Irvine       (714) 856-3589 (Sanjiv)
                           UC, Los Angeles  (310) 312-1644 (Munira)
			   CSU, Fullerton   (714) 992-5875 (Subha)

                or e-mail: ananthan@usc.edu   (Kartik)

Lecture-Demonstration: 
---------------------
The artist explains the art form and its intricacies. She illustrates
her explanations with demonstrations of each action (mudra) even as she
talks.

The audience will be sitting on the floor, close to the artist. It might be
a good idea to get your own cushions.

Directions and Parking:
----------------------
From 91 Freeway
Take 57 N. (Pomona), Exit Nutwood Avenue. Take left at exit (lights)
right on State College Blvd.
First Right on Dorothy Lane
Immediate Left and go on to Parking Lots A & B.

parking Fee is $2 per car.

---
from 60 Freeway.
Take 57 South, Exit Nutwood. Right at exit and follow above directions.
--------------------------------------------------------
From: pkd@fed.UUCP (Prasad Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: Electronic Matchmaker
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:47:36 GMT


uunet!cup.portal.com!Eric_S_Klien writes in article <64100@cup.portal.com>:

> Sri Lankan women, having a problem finding a Sri Lankan man?  I am 
> about to launch a free electronic matching service on Usenet. 

> I should point out that this questionnaire really, really, really, 
> needs some more input on CULTURES.  
                           ^^^^^^^^
Er ... um, have you thought about trying some yogurt?

But seriouly, what Eric is trying to do seems like a great idea.  So,
ladies, send him an e-mail.  (Or send *me* an e-mail.  <wink><wink>)


prasad
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera)
Subject: Re: Golf Match
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 01:07:28 GMT


**************************
Just a personal note to let you know that I am troubled by
your flippancy in casting Jesus first as a Westerner and then
as a Roman Jew, again trying to make out that he was a westerner.

If Jesus was a Roman, then all Sri Lankans born before 1948
are British - a notion that neither Sri Lankans nor the British
would be pleased about.

*****************************
Very true indeed.
Effective immediately the remark/implication of Jesus being a westener
as well as other implications mentioned above are withdrawn. It was a
flippancy/inappropriate and wasn't a part of my original joke.(What ?
a joke? I don't see anyone laughing? Ha.Ha.Ha.  Do you?)
Vicum



Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera)
Subject: Re: Golf Match
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 05:01:56 GMT

In article <9208170136.AA13426@lily.clu.cf.ac.uk> ruvan@clu.cf.ac.uk (Ruvan Weerasinghe) writes:
>In article <Bt1463.9HC@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera) writes:
>|
>|
>|
>|

>Sorry, couldn't really catch the joke (seriously). Please explain.
>
>BTW, though implied here, J.Christ was not a 'westerner'.
>
>Ruvan.

Correction :-

I didn't mean to imply , Jesus was a westener. Technically, he was a
roman jew born in Bethlehem in Judea. Hope is OK now.

Vicum
From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Electronic Matchmaker
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 00:52:40 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world

Sri Lankan women, having a problem finding a Sri Lankan man?  I am 
about to launch a free electronic matching service on Usenet.  Thanks 
to the imbalance of men to women on Usenet, more guys than gals have 
expressed an interest so far.  If you would like to see the fifth 
draft of my questionnaire so we can alter it to also fit women's 
needs as well as men's, either send me mail or look at the copy I 
posted in alt.personals.  
 
This service is serious and I already have 291 men and 162 women 
signed up so far.  The site of the service has already been selected 
and programming has begun.  
 
I should point out that this questionnaire really, really, really, 
needs some more input on CULTURES.  I need some questions to make 
sure that matches are compatible culturally.  
 
                                                          Eric Klien
From: pkd@fed.UUCP (Prasad Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: ABC's of Sri Lanka
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:00:59 GMT


ABC's of Sri Lanka.  

{ Suggestions, modifications, corrections, etc 
  are quite welcome and needed. }


A is for Apple; that's woodapple, not McIntosh.
B is for Bellyache which woodapple and pineapple gives us.

C is for Colombo which is the capital city.
D is for Dwellers there who lack the simplicity.

E is for Elephant which is a political symbol.
F is for Fascits who put the future into gamble.

G is for Galle, a southern city pretty and splendid.
H is for that Harbor where Portuguese first landed.

I is for Indian Ocean of which Sri Lanka is a pearl.
J is for Jackasses who still think that this is real.

K is for Kandy a place with a pretty blue sky.
L is for Lush Landscapes there that please the eye.

M is for Mid-East where everyone seems to be going.
N is for Nanie who no one seems to mind being.

O is for Offense; what they call for killing folks.
P is for Patience which they lack for talks.

Q is for Queen, Hema is her name.
R is for Ranasinghe, the man of this dame.

S is for Serendib what Lanka was also called.
T is for Taprobane; someone else also told.

U is for Utopia, Sri Lanka is not.
V is for Violence, running wild and hot.

W is for War, nobody knows when it's going to end.
X marks the places where all the bodies were found.

Y is the question everyone seems to be asking.
Z is the sound, our leaders make when they are working.



prasad

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
From: vperera@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (vicumpriya perera)
Subject: Golf Match
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 14:27:39 GMT



 One day Gawthama Buddha invited Jesus Christ to play golf at the summer
residence of G. Buddha in Isipathanarama. Since J. Christ had no idea
how to play golf, he naturally had to consult St. Peter (No, not St.
Thomas). St. Peter is of course a brilliant adviser and suggested to
"call Arnold Palmer." He added "make him an apostle , instead of Judas.
Tell Buddha you are sick and send Palmer in your place."
   J.Christ promptly asked Palmer and Palmer was delighted with the offer
from such a high place to play golf and accepted the offer. After the
trip to Far East , Christ asked Palmer how the match went. To which
Palmer said, "I lost the game".
"You mean to tell me, you lost to an Eastener."
" Not really, Monk Nicklas did."

FYI : Of course the idea to replace Buddha in the game was A. Ananda's
(you know that "subbe laban" guy).
From: pkd@fed.UUCP (Prasad Dharmasena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: Singlish
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:47:54 GMT


> A lady offering some cake to a guest at a function was overheard
> saying:

> "Can't catch catch and wait child take will you"

"Don't do can't things, Abram."
(Barry Wa^da Nokaran Abaro~)

"In Kandy-light, rice flies are very very arithmetic."
(Nuwaraeliye(sp?) Ha~l-Ma^sSo Hari Ganang)


prasad
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