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Writer/Teacher
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Wandering Connecticut
Posts: 9,294
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A very funny letter. Whoever wrote it might be right about most of the points (especially beer - it always saddens me that the most popular beers in America are the wimpiest, lamest excuses for "beer" in the world... although there seems to be a microbrew renaissance occurring now), but not American sports. Soccer? Come on. And rugby might be more "manly" than football, but it is NOT more entertaining. And comparing cricket to baseball? Is he nuts?
I always wondered where the American pronunciation for "aluminum/aluminium" came from. I mean, practically every other element has the "ium" ending - titanium, plutonium, uranium, etc.
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