<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/20/2001 6:11:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
<BR>dcml-request@stp.ling.uu.se writes:
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<BR> don Rosa wrote
<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Here in Kentucky we call them "soft drinks"... </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>we also call them soft drinks here in the Carolinas (where we are the world's
<BR>highest per-capta of Pepsi drinkers!)
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<BR>and hey, speaking of KY, what about them Louisville Sluggers!?!
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<BR>Rob wrote
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<BR>>Much of the science fiction of the 1930s - 1950s is now science fact.
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<BR>Actually no; some of the sf of the 30s-50s is now science fact; much of it
<BR>remains fiction (or even science fantasy). ((I used to collect sf beatnick
<BR>stories ))
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<BR>Steven Rowe</FONT></HTML>