"Yer Ugly Mug," etc.
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 23:52 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan van Steenbergen" <ijzeren_jan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug,"
etc.
> To tell the truth, I have even been under the assumption for a while that
John
> was black. Based on what information, I can't tell.
>
> Jan
I'm very late to this thread, so I think John has already had a great
chuckle at our expense. But the way he has his picture set up, we are made
to think (those who haven't met him) that the bespectacled gentleman with
the dread-locks is John Cowan. Actually, the man seated next to him is
John, as he points out in his profile, but you have to arrow the image over
to it!
I find this wonderfully amusing, especially after our very brief (and
somewhat strident) discussion of race and Conlang a few weeks ago, to which
John gave gentle answer turning away wrath.
It's David Bell that I always imagined looking like Morgan Freeman, but
that's because I knew he was African-American. But then, Morgan Freeman
looks like Morgan Freeman. How can anybody else? :)
Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."
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