[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/21/2003 7:12:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> > Is it some inherent correlation with non-belief in God that causes one to
> > react like a Neanderthal against those who profess a belief in God?
>
> How dare you say Neanderthal!
>
> That's Neandertal.
>
> Greg Bear spells it Neandertal.
>
> Robert J. Sawyer spells it Neanderthal.
>
> Are you trying to start somethig by going agains the "B,s"
>
> :-)
My dictionary says "neanderthal" and not "neandertal". But either way,
my understanding is that it should be *pronounced* "neandertal".
But it's a lot more fun to say "Leanderthal" than "Leandertal" if you're
talking about people from Leander. (And there are a number of people
who say "Leanderthal" when talking about them. Leander is on US 183,
north of Cedar Park, which is north of Austin on US 183; at that point,
US 183 is west of IH-35.)
:)
Julia
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