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[Victor Steinbok]

I intentionally fused "upper middle" with "middle-aged", but I never
realized that someone might actually misread this as a suggestion of
middle class. And I specifically chose "grew up in" rather than "from".
I find this interpretation very intriguing from a cognitive
perspective--I am just not sure yet what it means.

    VS-)

Amy West wrote:
> My only quibbles are with identifying the Bushes as upper-middle
> class -- they are Upper Class -- and from CT. Barely are they from CT.
>
> ---Amy West
>
>
>> ). Either way, the language is bizarre for an upper middle-age
>>
>>>>  white guy who grew up in suburban Connecticut and "matured" (if this
>>>>  word applies) in Texas.
>>>>
>>>>  Am I missing something here?
>>>>
>>>>
>>  >> VS-)
>>
>
>

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