<div>Sounds quite interesting. Haven't read Mary Bucholtz's own research yet but there's a lot to be said about nerds and geeks in today's world, especially in tech-intensive parts of North America.</div>
<div>Has anybody seen carry-over from geek/nerd culture in other tech-savvy parts of the World, say, in South Asia?<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ken Ehrensal</b> <<a href="mailto:ehrensal@kutztown.edu">ehrensal@kutztown.edu</a>> wrote:</span>
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