At 11:00 AM -0400 11/1/08, tedd wrote:
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I used to have a theory that intelligence was inversely proportional
to latitude. To prove my point, I would direct people to observe the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where phrases like "Say ya to da UP,
eh?" were common.
When confronted with an discerning opinion, I would add even more
evidence by telling them to look further north where pronunciation
of "about" and "a boot" merged -- and thus that would usually win my
argument.
Now, that I am confronted with such a wide latitude (in both
meanings) of diverse opinion, I must conclude that intelligence and
ignorance are both amply distributed all over the globe irrespective
of one's shortcomings in language skills -- thank God.
Cheers,
tedd
I don't know, tedd. I believe it was my college physics instructor
who taught us that the two most abundant elements in the universe are
hydrogen and stupidity.
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