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|    Ed Vance to Ardith Hinton    |
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|    19 Feb 25 10:34:35    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 2293.englisht@1:2320/105 2c1b3900       REPLY: 1:153/716.0 7b531983       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 2024 23:04 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: UTF-8 4              > Hi, Ed! Recently you wrote in a message to All:              > I reckon translation is as much an art as a science...              > ... and when I was growing up a very similar game was often played       > at children's parties. It may take a few more repetitions when everyone       > speaks the same language. On TV, however, the action must leave time for       > commercials.              > As a teacher, I learned later that if you say "There are red &       > yellow chrysanthemums in Mr. McGarrity's garden" you may have exceeded the       > outer limits of someone's auditory memory &/or they didn't understand all       > your words.... :-)              > --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+       > * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)                     Now that I am a Senior and have Hearing Aids I tell folks that I'm thick headed       and hard of hearing.              Might as well tell the truth.       Ed       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 4/0 19/10 88/0 90/0 93/1 104/119 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/305       SEEN-BY: 153/757 7715 154/10 30 50 110 700 218/700 840 220/20 90 221/1       SEEN-BY: 221/6 360 226/18 30 44 50 227/114 229/110 114 206 300 317       SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 301/1 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 335/364 341/66 200 234 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848       SEEN-BY: 880/1 900/0 102 106 902/0 19 26 905/0 2320/0 105 3634/12       SEEN-BY: 5019/40 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 154/10 221/6 341/66 902/26 229/426           |
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