personal attack is all you've got. I figured as much.
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Subject: NHR Stupid Flaming {was Re: [Hornlist] Re: foreign languages}
What class? Are you claiming to have class? I doubt it.
> Please explain to the class how your response to Mr. Spillman's innocent
> reference to aggie jokes was warranted or relevant.
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> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:50:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: foreign languages
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> Ooh KEWL an useless flamewar that doesn't involve Hans.
>
> It is obvious from Mr. Tillman's signature that he is not associated with
> the state universtiy in Austin, but one with religious affliations.
>
> Even this dumb ole Aggie was smart enough to figure that out. Try
> reading, it can teach you lots of stuff. Of course as a retired member of
> the military I am just stewpid, that's what Senator Cary says.
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>> OH MY GOD. Typical over sensitive aggie, I've got an inferiority
>> complex,
>> response. I would wager that Mr. Spillman has NO affiliation with UT
>> at
>> all. He was simply stating that aggies are the butt of many jokes in
>> Texas, which is true.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Bill Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu>
>> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:42:49 AM
>> Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Re: foreign languages
>>
>> One can not help but note that Mr. Spillman writes from the People's
>> Republic of Austin. It also holds a state university within its
>> borders.
>> He decides to cast stones 90 miles to the East. It is interesting to
>> note
>> that the school he choose to look down upon opened up its basketball
>> arena
>> to host evacuees from Katrina and Rita. The oh, so superior school just
>> next door to Mr Spillman couldn't be bothered doing such things with its
>> arena. It has shows that had to be put on.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>> Tom
>> Spillman
>> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 5:42 AM
>> To: The Horn List
>> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: foreign languages
>>
>> John Baumgart wrote:
>>
>>>I also get the idea that the Dutch are very protective about their
>> language,
>>>since I've heard the "don't even bother to try speaking Dutch" comment
>>>several times. The same friend told me that certain city names, such as
>>>schevenegen and 's Gravenhage were passwords during WWII because the
>> Germans
>>>couldn't pronounce them correctly. Whether or not this is true, I don't
>>>know, but it's plausible.
>>>
>>>
>> When we were in the Netherlands, we lived in Scheveningen and we heard
>> that story about the pronunciation many times. I also remember seeing a
>> program on Dutch TV about the language and they talked about regional
>> pronunciations in Dutch. Apparently they traveled little in the past
>> and most Dutch claim they can tell the specific town where a person is
>> from by their accent. I felt I had accomplished something when they no
>> longer smiled or worse, laughed when I attempted to pronounce
>> "Scheveningen".
>>
>> This made it difficult for me learning the language. I had many friends
>> where I worked that attempted to help me with the language and most came
>> from different parts of the country, so I ended up with a real
>> hodgepodge of an accent. Den Haag certainly has its own very distinct
>> accent and that is where we lived (Scheveningen is on the outskirts of
>> 's Gravenhage, also called commonly called "Den Haag"). Belgians also
>> had a very distinct accent in their version of the language which now is
>> called Nederlands, instead of Vlaams (Flemish). We used to regularly
>> listen to the "Weerman", the weatherman, on Belgian TV since he usually
>> had the best forecast for the low lands. This, of course, didn't help
>> my accent! Belgians are the butt of many Dutch jokes, which seems to be
>> a common human trait. In Texas, where we currently live, the equivalent
>> are "Aggies", who are students at Texas A & M university...
>>
>> Regards...
>>
>> Tom
>> .
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