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From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: abh's Sport/Leisure Question
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>> "What female suspect in the game of Cluedo is single?"
>
>Nurse Ratched?
>
>-abh

Hmmm.... not familiar with Cluedo, then? The answer is Miss Scarlet.

Carolyn
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From:         G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
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Karsten, you forgot the obligatory anecdote about the straw.  Still,
I'm sure someone will have posted it by now.  JMW maybe.

G
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From:         Blue eyes cryin' in the rain <TRAVEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Maya's poem
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> The version that I posted last night was copied from _Prodigy_ (yes, I
>actually pay to read all of those ads), but the version that appeared in

        Ah, *that* explains the omissions.  Some Prodigy members must have
        registered their outrage at such name-calling.

>this morning's _The Houston Post_  has the line as follows: You, the Turk,
>the Arab, the Swede, the German, the Eskimo, the Scot.
                                                  ^^^^
        It was nice of Maya to mention Graham, don't you think?

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From:         G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Library Automation
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        do that, and it's very useful.  (Subject is usually LC subject, keyword
        is what we would think of as more general topic.)  Wildcards everywhere
        are nice.

I would imagine approximate spelling matching, esp. on Authors' name, would
be a big win.

G
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From:         Rashmi <rashmi%Spl3.ECE.Drexel.EDU@COE.DREXEL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Evelyn's Sport/Leis
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              93 1:47 pm

>        >> OK, Smart Aleck - who was the poster from SIVM.BITNET the other day,
> hmmm???

>         It could be Adrian but sounded more long-winded. Blomberg talking
>         whatever stupid nonsense it was seems quite impossible to me.
>
> Who else mentioned that they were going to the Smithsonian recently?


No one that I remember.  I thought it was some pal of yours from elsewhere,
lurking on words-l.  Doubt that it's blomberg, but he does have net access
from there and so can't be completely ruled out.

-rashmi
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Date:         Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:47:44 -0600
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject: Re: Shirt.gif
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As I said to //anne// doesn't the address harwell@bandw.panam.edu MEAN
anything to you people?

Keep them orders rolling in,
-abh
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 12:25:59 EST
From:         blomberg cepeda <ST402747@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Blomberg's Art/Literature Question
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Inquired by Carolyn

>"What German author first proposed the idea of the superman?"
>
>Science/Nature or Geography next, if you're correct.

Nietzsche, it was. Geography, if I may.

However, I won't be back on the net till the weekend, so please be patient.

b.c.
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:12:23 -0600
From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Thanks for the words
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> A very happy birthday to you, dear Ausbrook!
>
Another birthday wish to you.  I hope you received as many crackers as
your heart desired.
doris
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:33:27 CST
From:         samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
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>Oh, it does... but I had to sort through 14 cards before I found one just
>for you. "Who captained the England team in the 1977 Centenary Cricket Test
>in Australia?"

It's far less fair than asking motor-racing questions, actually. Anyway,
I can't think of an answer. My guess is Mike Brearly.

tushar
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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Spring is here
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> > Who is Depraved May? Somebody's girlfriend?
> >
> > -abh
>
> You've been hitting the delete key again, abh.
> doris

And, as I said before, somewhere there is a .gif of Peter's May and
May's Peter.  Check it out.
--ggs
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:02:57 -0800
From:         Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Question for Torkel
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From: Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>

> On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:55:46 EST Judith E. Schrier said:
> >>Einar Haugen is a wonderful linguist!  But I thought he was dead.
> >
> >If so, that would certainly explain why he didn't answer Trygg's
> >letter...
>
> Not necessarily!  L. Ron Hubbard has been dead for years, and new books
> by him are STILL coming out. ;)

Maybe they're not dead! Maybe they're just metabolically challenged.

Peter
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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:42:44 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Cloudy skies over Portland
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> Important question - what's the weather like in NC in July? Really humid, I'll
> bet.

Pleasant.  I don't think it's ever really humid in NC.  And if we're in the
mountainy areas, it will be cool.  (Not cold like RI, but cool.)
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Sat, 23 Jan 1993 11:26:20 GMT
From:         G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Zeus to Narcissus
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        Sorry about that. Be warned. Shakespeare is my weak point. The mere
        mention of his name will send me into paroxysms of paranomasia. Have

Linguistically cunning stunts, huh?

G
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Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:50:44 +0000
From:         Adrian Hall <adrian@DOROTHY.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
Subject:      Yet Another Holiday Report.
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aka: Fizzy goes to Michigan.


Ok...starts a week ago. Im just finishing my old job. Mad panic because
mail decides to gratuituously change the name of the machine, so the kind
UGA listserv sets me to nomail. Get it fixed on Friday - just in tyime.

London Gatwick at 8am is not a pretty sitye - and its expensive too.
(How do they get away with such outrageous prices in airport cafeterias)
Get on plane. Plane takes off...eight hours later it arrives in Minneapolis.

Set watch five hours back. Realise that Minneapolis is actually six hours
behiond GMT. Go to the mall for an hour or two. Due to aforementioned mistake,
nearly miss the flight to Kalamazoo.

Interrogation by immigration is fun as usual. "Why are you coming to the
states?" - "Because I like it here". At least the Minneapolis immigration
people have a sense of humour. - New York ones dont.

Delayed departure from Minneapolis due to snow (Dontcha just love snow - its
always there when you dont want it to be). Get to Kalamazoo. Meet Dorothy
(not a Words-lers). Go to bed.

Exciting flight huh!

Log onto my mailbox machine - discover 300 messages. Dont read them all.
(TP ones are ideal for 'delete unread').

More later...

Adrian

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Adrian Hall                                     adrian@dorothy.ibmpcug.co.uk
Systems Manager
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From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Shirt 1.1 under construction
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Many thanks to the Words-L t-shirt beta test team.

I've just sent So0p3r s3|<re+ instructions to the List Goddess regarding
Shirt Design 1.1: now funnier and more hilarious than e\/3R b4! Stay
tuned, as a great man once said, you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around
anymore.

-abh
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:01:36 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Oops
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I made a typo in the userid in the test message, so it bounced back.
Just tried it again, and it zipped through fine.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject:      Re: WORDS-L TP: Round 4
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>>My original question wasn't clear - Do you play until *all* the cards are
>>exhausted?  Is there another way for a person to be forced out?
>>
>>-rashmi
>
>  As I understand it, the first player to garner all six categories,
>  roll back to the center, and answer a final question (category to be
>  determined by consensus of the other players) is the winner.

That's right!

>  I haven't paid close attention to the board, but I think Susan and/or
>  Nancy are within sight of the prize in this very round.  I don't know
>  how Carolyn plans to get the electronic consensus for final category,
>  but she'll be back online in a few hours to explain.
>
>  brad

Susan could win this turn if she answers her question correctly and then
rolls a number that places her in the centre..... as could anyone who has
yet to have a turn. As far as the 'electronic consensus' goes, I haven't
quite decided yet, so I'm still open to suggestions..... I thought that when
the time arises I would just call for votes for particular categories from
the other players and those on the sidelines; tally the results and take the
one that received the most votes..... any other ideas?

As for when the game finishes.... that's up to the players as well. Do
they want a play-off for the first three places or until all except one
player has reached completion or should we call it quits with one winner?

Carolyn
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From:         Doris Smith <dorisann@TENET.EDU>
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> :like yourself" didn't sooth my ruffled feathers.  But I did remember his
> :philosophy, and for Fathers' Day he received a lovely dress I had been
> :eying for a long time.
> :doris
>
> And I bet you were right pissed off when he kept it for himself, huh?
>
> G
Not at all, for he then gave me the greatest gift.  He said "touche."
doris
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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 06:58:37 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Question for Torkel
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>   There is an added complication in that there are actually two versions
> of Norwegian, over which there have been fierce language wars in Norway.

Which Norwegians speak Bokmal and which Nynorsk?  Is the split regional?
Social?  Other?  How did both happen to become "Standard Norwegian(s)"?

> But only the Norwegians themselves understand one iota of this controversy.

If you weren't Torkel, you might say in answer to my questions above that
you *told* me that only Norwegians understand these matters.  Being Torkel,
you'll either give an answer or make some kind of cryptic allusion to
languages deteriorating into grunts (not in reference to Norwegian in
particular -- just a general comment).

Being a USer, I am not expected to realize that Stockholm is not in Norway,
of course.  :-)   That reminds me.  Have I ever told the story of the
student here who was trying to calm a Chinese student who had been upset
by something he misinterpretd as being anti-China in a book they were
looking at?  She said, "But Mr. Ji, we just *loovvveee* Toyotas!"  True
story.

And now I've gotta log off and go talk about Beowulf to students who think
that Beowulf was one of the great leaders in fighting off the Yankees at
Shiloh.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject:      Message from Down Under (the House)
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Evidently my son didn't think I could wait to know this bit of news:

>Date: 25 Jan 1993 05:34:11 -0500 (EST)
>From: c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au (Chris Baird)
>Subject: {****}  The Usenet Top 25 (actually, the 5th and 14th..)
>To: lncjb@wombat.newcastle.edu.au

>> From: newsstats@uunet.UU.NET
>> Newsgroups: news.lists
>> Date: 22 Jan 1993 23:30:15 -0500
>>
>>          No. of       % of
>> Rank Articles KBytes Total   User
>
>>    5   250     178.5  0.0%   maynor@ra.MSSTATE.EDU  (        Natalie Maynor )
>>                            100% bit.listserv.words-l
>
>>   14   177     227.6  0.0%   gtoal@pizzabox.DEMON.CO.UK  (Graham Toal)
>>                            38% comp.org.eff.talk
>>                            18% bit.listserv.words-l
>>                            7% alt.usage.english
>>                            7% soc.bi
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Date:         Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:48:38 GMT
From:         G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: a couple of points
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:second: my Smithsonian account is "wwcem121 at SIVM". You may compare it with
:the post in question. While it is *very* good for telnetting out of, it is
:horrible as far as lists and mail go, and the disk space makes certain gifs
:look like Long Dong Silver.

:b.c.

That's OK, I believe you.  I didn't buy in to tushar's theory anyway.
Still, you're in a good position to do a little snooping for us, no?

G
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Subject: Re:      Re: Revenge
Originator: rita@eff.org
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:47:33 GMT

In article <1993Jan15.051810.16964@eff.org> mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:

>I doubt Rita thinks I'm a male chauvinist pig, but I leave it to her to
>confirm or deny.

	I am *biting* my fingers on this one.  Although your love of
Camille makes you a bit suspect, I wouldn't call you the office MCP.




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From:         Rashmi <rashmi%Spl3.ECE.Drexel.EDU@COE.DREXEL.EDU>
Subject: Re: Inauguration
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              "ll23%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU" at Jan 21, 93 9:29 am

Posted by Anne Burton Harwell:
> >I am so sick of all the hoo-haw and assorted goings on that I could just
> ><puke>.

Karen helpfully suggests:
> So don't watch it! It's just your sick fascination....

Yeah, what'd you do with the remote, Harwell?   I see this hoopla as Very
American, nothing much to do with who's in power.  I didn't see any of it
as I had my TV turned off most of the last week, but what you and the others
describe sound quite similar to the circuses of 4 or 8 years ago.  It's an
updated version with different faces (whom you can't stand), that's all.

Just watch Rush for the next couple of weeks, Anne, that should make you
feel better.

-rashmi
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From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Test Message
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> Even though it worked that time, I doubt it will be working now.... the
> problem came back before I received your followup messages. When I didn't
> receive any mail for an hour I checked by ftp... and sure enough, there were

You're right.  Dead possum, dead cc, dead neddy.

mail lncjb@wombat.newcastle.edu.au
Subject: Test
Another test...
EOT
& lncjb@wombat.newcastle.edu.au... Connecting to wombat.newcastle.edu.au via
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mail exchanger is possum.newcastle.edu.au
Trying 134.148.4.16... Connection timed out during user open with
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Trying 134.148.4.24... Connection timed out during user open with
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mail exchanger is neddy.newcastle.edu.au
Trying 134.148.24.1... Connection timed out during user open with
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mail exchanger is munnari.oz.au
Trying 128.250.1.21...  connected.
220 munnari.oz.au The Gateway to Australia (Sendmail 5.83--+1.3.1+0.50)
>>> HELO Ra.MsState.Edu
250 Hello Ra.MsState.Edu, pleased to meet you
>>> MAIL From:<maynor@Ra.MsState.Edu>
250 <maynor@Ra.MsState.Edu>... Sender ok
>>> RCPT To:<lncjb@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>
250 <lncjb@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>... Recipient ok
>>> DATA
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
>>> .
250 Ok
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Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:14:10 CST
From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      natalie@pizzabox
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The account really does exist.  I just fingered it.  But I can't log on
because I don't know my password.  It's not what it used to be.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:07:00 EST
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From:         ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM
Subject:      Bye for now
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Peter Montgomery writes:
 > Well, to quote a certain musician,
 > I'm orf. See you Thurs. eve.
 >
 > Pm

Just don't go into haydn.

Ken
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From:         gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Letter to the Pres
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> Super, Giggles, you just got yourself added to the SS's 'watch list.'
>
> -abh

I love being the center of attention.  Excuse me, someone is knocking
at the door.
--ggs
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Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:03:02 -0600
From:         Bandwidth Pig <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: where to have it
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On Tue, 26 Jan 1993 ll23%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU wrote:

> So you voted twice?  Once for Portland and once for NC?

You mean the Outer Banks isn't in NC?

[sound of emails frantically being cancelled]

-abh
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From:         Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Eye color
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              21 Jan 1993 16:12:25 CST from <samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>

What's wrong with gray eyes?  I have gray eyes, my niece has hazel eyes,
my brother has blue eyes, and my nephew Henry has dark-chocolate-brown
eyes.

Evelyn
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From:         "Elwood P. Dowd" <ELWOOD%UCSBVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Pulling my (deleted)

Gentleones,
   In that genital euphemisms seem to be a frequent thread on this list,
I thought that I would pass along the following from this morning's
newspaper.
   The California Supreme Court has judged against the plaintiff in the
case of Illman vs Gov. Pete Wilson, UC Board of Regents, et al.  This
was a medical malpractice suit brought against a UC-run hospital, alleging
that the plaintiff's wallet, hearing aids, and false teeth were misplaced
and that an unknown hospital staff member fondled the plaintiff's genitals.
   The plaintiff, (former Assistant Attorney General of Ohio) Harry Illman
stated that "...when they were putting lotion on .. my legs, someone gently
yanked my tallywhacker..".
   I would not be surprised if this becomes a legal precedent, and that we
see this euphemism <springing up> in future cases in place of the more
clinically correct term <Johnson>.  It won't be long now.

Peace,
EPD
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Date:         Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:49:15 -0800
From:         Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Asians
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From: Bayla Singer <bsinger@ENIAC.SEAS.UPENN.EDU>

> I had always thought asians=orientals, but did a mental double-take
> when I saw eastern-mediterranean peoples being referred to as "wily
> orientals" -- and after all, where do most "oriental rugs" originate?

By way of wiley digression, what is the appropriate name for a
resident of the western hemisphere (North or South America) ?
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