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Discussion of written science fiction and fantasy.
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Starving people refuse to eat food aid
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...You bet. There are no good roads in Poland, at least by American standards. The only real highway goes from Cracow through Silesia to the German border. One of the priorities of the present government is building more superhighways, but the progress is slooow. Of course, our roads are still better than Russian ones:... more »
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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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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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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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