On Apr 24, 2:09 pm, Quadibloc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Real Andy wrote: > > Makes me wonder about the credibility of any statement Dr Gideon Polya > > makes. > > . > I never thought that I would feel the urge to call someone an > edelweiss-eating Tanzanian devil, but Dr. Polya proved that I lacked > imagination. > > (Note that "Tanzanian" is pronounced Tan.zan._ee_.yan, not > Tan._zayn_.ee.an; one wouldn't want to spoil the effect.)
The effect is - in fact - more severely damaged by your confusion between Tasmania - where Dr. Polya actually lives - and Tanzania which is a country in Africa with a name similar enough to confuse semi- literate Americans. Tasmania is a reasonably large island (about the same size as Ireland) a couple of hundred miles south of the Australian mainland. It is a state of Australia (not Austria, which is where you'd need to go for edelweiss). -- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
