Re: CHAT: various infotaining natlang tidbits
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 14, 2000, 21:22 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
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> > Prince Charles was born in November 1948, after the Cargo Cult days
> > (which ended with WWII, IIRC).
>
> Au contraire. The CC started *after* WW II when the Real World cargos
> stopped coming. Before that, it wasn't a cult, it was a fact.
Indeed. My friend's grandfather is still worshipped as a minor deity
on a small island off the coast of Papua New Guinea, supposedly.
(I am not joking!)
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