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   Ed Vance to Ardith Hinton   
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   19 Feb 25 10:34:35   
   
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   > 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   
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