More dumbing-down

[Dan Goncharoff]

It increases clarity among those who scratch their head over "per capita".
DanG


On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I'm beginning to see "per _head_" instead of "per capita" even though,
> IMO, FWIW, this does nothing to increase clarity. <sigh!>
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