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Re: language (was Quartz/Halogen incandescent bulbs)




My colleague said. "Now see what we have here. If Heinz had delivered that
message in Swiss or German we would be able to tell if he were having dinner
with a female friend or a male friend."



But Americans would dissagree, depending on which part of the country,
whether the dinner is a Noon meal or an Evening meal.





Clarence Bennett
Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan 48309
248 370 3418
http://www.acs.oakland.edu/physics/staff_info/Bennett.htm