Re: [ADS-L] ah/ awe

[Charles Doyle]

If we're going to be scientific, it is important to establish with precision the identity of the substance that the moon is not made of . . . .

--Charlie
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>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:13:57 EDT
>From: RonButters at AOL.COM
>Subject: Re: Â  Â  Â  Re: [ADS-L] ah/ awe
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>In a message dated 10/3/06 11:09:54 AM, cdoyle at UGA.EDU writes:
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>> Green PEAS??
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>Sorry, I should have said, "the opinion that normal people from Connecticut have a monophthongal vowel in the word 'right' has the scientific status of a theory that the moon is made of green CHIVES."

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