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Date:         Tue, 24 Nov 1992 13:50:00 JST
From:         Akio Tanaka <TANAKA%JPNSUT20.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Gleanings (69)

[ 1 ] _Wayne's World_

Yesterday I went to see the movie, _Wayne's World_, which had
been talked about often on this list.  Well, I saw it and thought
it was perhaps supposed to be <funny>, essentially, but I was
<not> able to laugh <even> <once>.  Professor Gilbert Smith has
<my> <sympathy>.  Do I have to be <younger> <and> <north-American>
in order to <laugh>?  I simply don't understand why such a thing
is so popular among north-American youngsters.  I have to think
seriously of starting to study *ethnomethodology*.

P.S.  All I can say after seeing the movie is that Dana Carvey
and Mike Myers are very <straight> and <pleasant> persons.  But
they are <certainly> **not** <funny>.

[ 2 ] Uppercase/lowercase

A colleague and I wrote a textbook for basic English listening
comprehension, which is to be published next year.  We are
wondering which is more appropriate as the titles of the
following lessons.  We called several newspaper companies and
publishing companies but their opinions vary.  Our publisher
isn't sure, either.

a) _Checking In_  or  _Checking in_
b) _Hole In One_  or  _Hole in One_

I would like to hear your opinions.

[ 3 ] Aporia  (posted by Brad G. and then queried by Blomberg)
*Updike is my favorite American author, btw.*

(c)Oxford University Press - OED Screen Print              Page 1   92-11-24

|Aporia ---------------------------------------------------------------------
a<breve>po<mac><schwa>^ria<breve>, a<breve>po<hook>^ria<breve>
Rhet.

[L., a. Gr. a<lenis>pori<acu>a, n. of state f. a<lenis><acu>por-oj: see
Aporetic.]
1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 234
  Aporia, or the Doubtfull. [So] called..because oftentimes we will seeme
  to cast perils, and make doubt of things when by a plaine manner of
  speech wee might affirme or deny him.
1657 J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 150
  Aporia is a figure whereby the Speaker sheweth that he doubteth, either
  where to begin for the multitude of matters, or what to do or say in some
  strange or ambiguous thing.
1751 in Chambers; and in mod. Dicts. [E.g. Luke xvi. 3.]

[ 4 ] Gleanings (69)  **Thank you very much**

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 1) Pauline Kael (Brad G.)
 2) La-Z-Boy (Jim L.)
 3) Mordecai Richler/Duddy Kravits (Tony H.)
 4) Bud Schulberg/Sammy Glick (Ken W.)
 5) Peas and carrots/corn and butter-beans (Anne Hy./Charles C.)
 6) Yago (Natalie)
 7) Z. Budapest/Diane Stein/Shekhinah Mountainwater (Susan H.)
 8) Gary Becker (Steve K.)
 9) Alexei Sayles (Agnes)
10) Uncle Bonsai/Tom Paxton/Kate Wolf/Buskin & Batteau (Bekka)
11) Daisy picker (Steve K.)
12) To play patty-cake with someone (Marty)
13) Judith Martin (Susan H.)
14) Kinko (Gilbert)
15) Outer Bellybutton/Channel 61 (Alec)
16) Boiler-plate/sliced bread/dogmeat (Neal)
17) Burmashave (Gilbert)
18) Pat Califia (Rita R.)
19) Maleficarum (Emily)
20) Sandman and Hacker files (Rita R.)
21) Feigenbam's Palsy (Ken W.)
22) Glennbarry Glenn Ross (Rita R.)
23) Sneaky Pie Brown (Karen)
24) Transubstantiation (Gilbert)
25) Big East RC basketball (Ken W.)
26) CofE debate (Graham)
27) Lobestraum/noviciout (Gilbert)
28) MoonConn (Ruth H.)
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