babki/Gretsky

[Josh Wilson]

And, in reference to a previous post on this topic, I can verify that as a 
sport-illiterate American, I can usually differentiate the colors red and 
blue.  :)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deborah Hoffman" <lino59 at AMERITECH.NET>
To: <SEELANGS at listserv.cuny.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 8:33 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] babki/Gretsky


> As someone who knows absolutely nothing about sports I
> can verify that Wayne Gretzky is the only hockey
> player I can name.  I even know that he's Canadian
> though I couldn't tell you where exactly  or why he is
> so famous.
>
>>Sara Stefani wrote:
>>
>> I would agree with this assessment completely, but I
> would add one
>> caveat: while it's true that most people in the US
> who don't follow
>> hockey can only name one professional player, my bet
> is that the one
>> player they can name is Wayne Gretzky. ...
>
>
> Deborah Hoffman
> Finance Chair, Graduate Student Senate
> Modern and Classical Language Studies
> Kent State University
> http://users.ameritech.net/lino59/index.htm
>
> Stop the Genocide in Darfur:
> http://www.savedarfur.org/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
>  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
>                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------