Re: new Klingon spelling
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 4, 2004, 19:24 |
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Axiem scripsit:
> I think it's uncommon because I don't encounter it that often. I have the
> bad habit of perking up whenever I hear my name (or any of my friends'
> names, or anything that has the same vowel). In the first 18 years of my
> life, I had encountered maybe a dozen other Keith's, either in person, or
> had heard of. This last year and nine months would probably bring it up
> another 6-9.
I bear the second most common name, and yet throughout my school years
only twice did I have a class with another John in it.
--
John Cowan www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com
[P]olice in many lands are now complaining that local arrestees are insisting
on having their Miranda rights read to them, just like perps in American TV
cop shows. When it's explained to them that they are in a different country,
where those rights do not exist, they become outraged. --Neal Stephenson
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