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Skriven 2008-03-19 14:16:37 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: TEACHING ANGER MGT 80319
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ML> easier. Referring to "your Grolier," to a person who has never
 ML> owned or cited or respected Grolier, is falsehood.

Enough of quoting from the despised Grolier!  I have also found
inaccuracies in it.

 ML> I don't like it's being my government, but it does govern me,
 ML> more or less, right or wrong, so like it or not, it's mine.

It is a serious deficiency of the modern English language that the same
word is used for both the singular and plural second person possessive
pronouns. This often results in confusion in attempting to distinguish
between the singular "your" and collective "your".  "My" and "Our" are
more precise.  Even Pidgin makes that distinction between "biling yu"
and "bilong yupela".  So I could refer to a book (or a government) as
being, "bilong yupela", without specifically associating you personally
with it.
 
 GJ> the migration of words and foods fascinating.  It is interesting to
 GJ> speculate how it happens that there are more varieties of sweet
 GJ> potatoes in the native markets in the remote highlands of PNG than in
 GJ> the supermarkets of America, and evidence has been found that these
 GJ> were being cultivated in PNG over 1000 years ago.  How did it happen?

 ML> The supermarkets of America favor certain characteristics, not
 ML> all of which are culinarily based. This favor mandates a Darwinian
 ML> march toward the survival of the most profitable.

Fortunately there are still people who seek variety in their food, and
want to taste other than the most profitable "white bread" of
vegetables and meat.  There is an increasing interest by some animal
breeders here and in UK, in saving rare breeds from extinction.  When
watching a TV program on one of these breeders, I thought of you, as he
lovingly described one breed of pig which had more fat within the meat
than the popular, fashionable lean pork.

But does not explain the commonality of the existance of sweet potatoes
in both America and PNG on the other side of the huge Pacific Ocean.
Sweet potatoes also exist in New Zealand, and were taken there by the
colonising Maoris 1000 years ago, long before Vasco, Ferdinand and
Cristofo, but from where?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Loquat Pie
 Categories: 
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      4 c  Loquats
      1 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Water
      2 tb Flour
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
    1/8 ts Allspice
    1/8 ts Salt
    1/8 ts Ginger pastry
 
  Wash and quarter loquats, removing seeds. Combine loquats and water
  and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Sift dry ingredients
  together, then stir into loquats. Cook over medium heat until mixture
  thickens, remove from heat and cool. Prepare pastry for an 8 or 9
  inch pie plate. When loquat filling is partially cooled, pour into
  pie dish containing bottom crust. Cover with top crust and bake at 450
  :F for 10 minutes, then 350 :F for 30 minutes.
  
  Serves 8.
  
  country : Bermuda course
  : baking source
  : Sharon [IRE_tag] From: Westher@xs4all.Nl Date: 05-14-03
  
  Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 11:58:01 +1100
 
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