Re: Aspects of English Grammar

Ph. D. scripsit:

> We in the lower peninsula call the natives of the upper peninsula
> "yoopers" (from "U.P.er") and joke about them. Since the two
> peninsulas are connected by a huge suspension bridge, the
> natives of the upper peninsula call those of us in the lower
> peninsula "trolls" (because trolls always live "below the bridge"
> in fairly tales).
In the Bulwer-Lytton bad writing competition, one of the entries was
about a U.P. Liberation Front terrorist who is setting a bomb on the
bridge.

> 2. Wasn't Tecumseh's brother the one who was called "the Prophet"?
Yes:  Lauliwasikau (spellings vary wildly) was Tecumseh's younger
brother.  He pulled himself out of alcoholism, changed his name 'Rattle'/
'Loud Noise' to Tenskatawa 'The Open Door'.

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