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Re: CHAT: Bagels and lox

• To: larsga@g... (Lars Marius Garshol)
• Subject: Re: CHAT: Bagels and lox
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 13:37:01 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <m3bs9quobq.fsf@p...> from "Lars Marius Garshol" at Jul 02, 2002 05:44:25 PM

Lars Marius Garshol scripsit:

> That could be, but since the original joke seemed to imply that the
> word "lox" was only known in the mid-West, and since that area
> (Minnesota especially) is known to have disproportionately many
> Scandiavian immigrants, and the terms were near-identical in
> pronunciation and meaning, it seemed sort of logical.

On the contrary, I think the joke clearly implies that the subject
knows neither "bagels" nor "lox", since he does not know which
term applies to which referent.  (He needs a topic map!)
So he must come from the non-lox-eating part of the Midwest.

-- 
John Cowan                                jcowan@r...
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Perform swift circular ambulation,        http://www.reutershealth.com
With loud and high-pitched ululation.

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