Fwd: Call for Proposals

[Thomas Paikeday]

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> Could be because you don't shop at Krogers, Meiers, Targets, Sears, etc...
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I seem to be missing something here. Is "Johns" becoming "John" the same
sort of change as Krogers, etc.? But it's amazing how these new formations
catch on. The last time I checked, "John Hopkins University" had 775,000
googlits, "Johns Hopkins University" 27,600,000. (dInIs, FWIW, I do shop at
Sears. Also Fortinos for groceries).

t.p.

>>I always thought "John Hopkins" sounded much better than "Johns Hopkins".
>>But this may be a typo. Somebody could be turning in his grave.
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>>t.p.
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>>>>Paul Smolensky (John Hopkins University)
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