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- From: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Subject: Re: English English versus *American* Engli
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.152954@IASTATE.EDU>
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <1992Jul29.204257@IASTATE.EDU> <5555@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:29:54 GMT
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- In article <5555@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com>, hillyer@rrc.chevron.com (Martin J.
- Hillyer) writes:
- > In article 204257@IASTATE.EDU, mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin) writes:
- > >In article <1992Jul29.234925.2439@convex.com>, tchrist@convex.COM (Tom
- > >Christiansen) writes:
- > >> [...deleted...]
- > >> Come on, guys, just READ that sentence, and put him in your killfile.
- > >> He's either pulling our chains, or is both clueless and arrogant.
- > >>
- > >> [...deleted...]
- > >> Tom Christiansen tchrist@convex.com convex!tchrist
- > >
- > >Of course he's pulling our chains (although that doesn't preclude his being
- > >clueless and arrogant). Don't encourage the child.
- > >
- > >Marie Coffin
- >
- >
- > Can anyone fill me in on how much this one post has cost, with its 100 or so
- replise/flames. I mean the cost in $$, I can see the cost in bandwidth. And
- who pays the bill?
- >
- > Just curious.
- >
- > Martin
- >
-
- Good question, Martin. I'd be interested in seeing the answer also. God, I
- wish I'd saved *all* of this thread, because (a) it was wildly funny and
- (b) it was fascinating to see the guy get accused of things he never said.
- I mean, the original post was about *spelling*!
-
- Marie Coffin
-