[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought how the hell does `/anick know what a dingo is? > I mean, he is an educated stylish guy and all that, but if I was > to walk down the main street of Ottawa and ask 100 people "what > is a dingo?" I would be surprised if anyone could answer > correctly. Hmm, maybe it was that Meryl Streep movie.
Of course it's the Meryl Strep movie. I'm reminded of a conversation I had with a New Zealander on Usenet years ago. He expressed surprise that some people used the word "kiwi" to refer to kiwi fruit and wondered how we then referred to the bird. I told him that, amazingly enough, most US residents managed to go for years at a stretch without having any occasion to refer to the bird at all. -- Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Washington, DC
