Subj : Re: How British is that?
To   : richardw
From : Finnigann
Date : Mon Jun 27 2005 07:11 pm

-=> richardw wrote to Finnigann <=-

 ri>   Re: Re: How British is that?
 ri>   By: Finnigann to Angus Mcleod on Sat Jun 25 2005 10:23 am

 >  > Ballast - say it like that.
 >
 >  AM> How about
 >  AM> 	BAL- as in BALanced,
 >  AM> 	LAST- as in Cobbler's LAST.
 >
 >
 > Well, if you can say it, why couldn't she? Public education can't be THAT ba
 > Can it?

 ri> I'm willing to bet there are a significant number of people who
 ri> have graduated high school in this country who can't tell you
 ri> what a "ballast" is.

Do you recall a game (on TV) where someone said something and the two
contestants had to figure out if it were true and bet on how high the
percentage was? 

I would hate to see the results of THAT survey. Your prolly right.

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