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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de!coli.uni-sb.de!coli-gate.coli.uni-sb.de!spackman
  2. From: spackman@disco-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de (Stephen Spackman)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.arch
  4. Subject: Re: Date request
  5. Message-ID: <SPACKMAN.92Dec20185213@disco-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de>
  6. Date: 20 Dec 92 17:47:58 GMT
  7. References: <WAYNE.92Dec11164422@backbone.uucp> <9212130000.AA05447@iecc.cambridge.ma.us>
  8.     <1992Dec14.134109.3367@fasttech.com> <1992Dec16.171133.2856@lsl.co.uk>
  9.     <BURLEY.92Dec16135311@apple-gunkies.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
  10. Reply-To: stephen@acm.org
  11. Organization: DFKI Saarbruecken GmbH, D-W 6600 Saarbruecken
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  14. In-reply-to: burley@apple-gunkies.gnu.ai.mit.edu's message of 16 Dec 92 13:53:11
  15.  
  16. English has more words for snow than eskimo (over a dozen vs. less than
  17. six, though it's hard to know where to draw the line: are "sleet" or
  18. "snowdrift" counted?). The whole thing is a very old
  19. hoax/legend/misunderstanding that drives linguists mad. Just so you
  20. know.
  21.  
  22. But THIS belongs in comp.arch?
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  24. stephen p spackman                                       stephen@acm.org
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