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RE: [off-topic] Re: Relax NG Projects

• To: "Matt Gushee" <mgushee@h...>
• Subject: RE: [off-topic] Re: Relax NG Projects
• From: "Michael Leditschke" <mike@a...>
• Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 20:35:17 +1000
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
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• In-reply-to: <20020622085546.GA16887@s...>

A white ant is a type of ant that eats timber but dislikes sunlight. 
They are white in appearance, hence the name. 

A piece of timber attacked by white ants looks ok on the outside but if
touched, falls apart in your hands, revealing numerous tunnels 
within the wood.

See

http://www.macnet.mq.edu.au:8008/anonymous5880056761+2/-/macshowrecord/1/1
http://www.macnet.mq.edu.au:8008/anonymous5880056761+3/-/macshowrecord/1/2

Regards
Michael 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Gushee [mailto:mgushee@h...]
> Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2002 6:56 PM
> To: xml-dev@l...
> Subject: Re:  [off-topic] Re:  Relax NG Projects
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 09:49:02AM +0100, Michael Kay wrote:
> 
> > > Elders of Gridiron" which shows how International Gridiron plans 
> > > to whiteant respect for that fine game.
> > > 
> > Can someone please explain the verb "to whiteant" so someone who is not
> > a native speaker of the American language?
> 
> Ahem. Don't you mean Australian? At any rate, this American is just as
> puzzled as you are.
> 
> -- 
> Matt Gushee
> Englewood, Colorado, USA
> mgushee@h...
> http://www.havenrock.com/
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