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Discussion of written science fiction and fantasy.
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez (DNF) I discussed this one briefly in another thread. Not ostensibly SF, but it has ghosts, magic, and ESP, so it's at least arguably on- topic. Relates the history of the founding, life, and death of the fictional village of Macondo and the family stemming from the... more »
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Starving people refuse to eat food aid
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In article <he3ukq$ou...@solani.org>, Kurt Busiek <k...@busiek.com> wrote: ...My first encounter with Brussels sprouts was in a college cafeteria, where I asked whether they were cabbage fetuses. I have tried many stranger things, but not those.
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Starving people refuse to eat food aid
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In article <he2bs3$56...@news.eternal-sep tember.org>, ...Ah, but I'm a weird person who had only a black and white TV for many years after everyone else around me was watching things in color. Like switching from dial-up to a fast internet connection: inertia and not really knowing what I was missing. With the TV, though, I've never... more »
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In article <hscbg5te25lpj3r7e3maa08ctj69e 8s...@4ax.com>, ...If they're speaking purely local dialect and from fairly far apart within Germany, "might not" can easily become "will not". Even a strong accent in attempted Hochdeutsch can be difficult to deal with. I'm fine in the Ruhr and Schwaben, but had some problems in the Eifel.... more »
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Starving people refuse to eat food aid
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In article <he3hdp$qe...@news.eternal-sep tember.org>, ...One of my sisters could hardly speak to someone with a different accent for more than a few minutes without slipping into it 8-)
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In article <i3k9g5psm2uqkck7a692kp7eqsa6t 6v...@4ax.com>, ... I had no trouble understanding it when I was there, and they all understood my German with no difficulty 8-)
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