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"steve" <steve RemoveThis @steve.com> wrote: > Kidding aside, it is quite interesting. I recall an incident in the 5th > grade where we were given a few paragraphs from a famous text, only it was > spelled entirely phoenetically (I dont recall the point of the exercize). > Members of the class were asked to read aloud, and most were struggling. > When the teacher called on a notoriously bad speller (not me,...

On 17-Nov-2009, moviePig <pwallace RemoveThis @moviepig.com> wrote: > If I understand the Chomsky, he's saying that grammar can imply/supply > context, thereby acting as a heuristic to prune a vast tree of > possibilities. But, imo, what's going on with the jumbled words (such > as the link I supplied above) is more akin to a low-level perceptual > choice among a very few familiar alternatives... not unlike...

On Nov 17, 2:56 pm, "steve" <st....DeleteThis@steve.com> wrote: > On 17-Nov-2009, moviePig <pwall....DeleteThis@moviepig.com> wrote: > > > If I understand the Chomsky, he's saying that grammar can imply/supply > > context, thereby acting as a heuristic to prune a vast tree of > > possibilities.  But, imo, what's going on with the jumbled words (such > > as the link I...

On Nov 14, 7:20 pm, Mark <weiss.sl....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote: > > How was he screwed? For making a bloated, almost unwatchable film in > which the two leads bore no resemblance -- physical or any other kind > -- to the two people they were playing? "The Aviator" ranks as one of > the worst Hollywood films made in the last 25 years. I'd rather see > "Heaven's Gate" again. I...

On Nov 16, 2:46 pm, "The Giant Brain" <Gi....RemoveThis@Brain.invalid> wrote: > "Mr. Hole the Magnificent" <classic.mr.h....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:5615a1b5-5010-4fed-9789-005ef5242e39@k9g2000vbl.googlegroups.com... > > > LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Golden Globe organizers on Thursday said they > > will honor director Martin Scorsese with their Cecil B. DeMille award...

( On 15 nov, 06:11, Blue <bluescr....TakeThisOut@windstream.net> wrote: >   your favorite scene, not counting the part where Cusack ducked the > bullet that hit the gas can that exploded and then went on to hit > Buscemi and straighten his ass out or something like that.... the landing in las vegas , On 15 nov, 06:11, Blue <bluescr....TakeThisOut@windstream.net> wrote: >   your favorite scene, not counting the...

On Nov 11, 4:55 pm, "Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch" <team8martinl....DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:52:26 +0100, Dave in Toronto <dmatthew....DeleteThis@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > On Nov 11, 12:07 pm, David Oberman <dober....DeleteThis@socal.rr.com> wrote: > > > william <wlahe....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote: >...

In article <6395-4AFAE896-181.TakeThisOut@storefull-3253.bay.webtv.net> , S D <forneon.TakeThisOut@webtv.net> wrote: > Many theories have been presented as to the identity of The Ripper ( the > last that a morgue attendant was the one what done it ) . Several years > ago I read a book that fingered an American doctor as the culprit and it > was most convincing. Tonight ( Wednesday ) at 10 PM the History Channel...

On Nov 14, 7:29 pm, william <wlahe... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 14, 7:20 pm, Mark <weiss.sl... DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > How was he screwed? For making a bloated, almost unwatchable film in > > which the two leads bore no resemblance -- physical or any other kind > > -- to the two people they were playing? "The Aviator" ranks as one of > > the worst...

( Many theories have been presented as to the identity of The Ripper \( the last that a morgue attendant was the one what done it \) . Several years ago I read a book that fingered an American doctor as the culprit and it was most convincing. Tonight \( Wednesday \) at 10 PM the History Channel examines this possibility. , Many theories have been presented as to the identity of The Ripper \( the last that a morgue attendant was the one what...