At the Olympics: time reference

David Bergdahl dlbrgdhl at GMAIL.COM
Tue Aug 12 19:30:19 UTC 2008


Isn't the time reference thing simply that to the speakers "NY Time" is *
real* and everything else is foreign?
-db

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Doug Harris <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:

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> That really gives new meaning to getting ahead of oneself, doesn't
> it?
> Thanks for pointing that out.
> (Then again, if you're looking to bet on a sure thing, getting that
> far in front of everyone else could pay off!)
> dh
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> Matthew Gordon said:
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> There is also apparently a significant time difference between whereever
> Doug Harris is and the mainland US. It's already September (or December if
> he's European) there.
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> On 9/12/08 11:05 AM, "Doug Harris" <cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET> wrote:
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> > I imagine that [post-facto dubbing] actually _is_ the case --
> > but who's fooling who? Anyone who doesn't understand there's
> > a (significant) time difference from China to the mainland US
> > should devote less attention to the Olympics and more to what
> > used to be _basic_ studies in this country.
> > dh
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