reductionism gone wild

[Jonathan Lighter]

That would explain why they're making English look ridiculous.

Still, I'd like to know much more about the speaker who called the
husbandman "Earthling."

JL

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Must have been a Welsh show...
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> On 7/4/2012 8:36 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > *Llast* night on the PBS show _England_ ...
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