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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 17:14:01 +0100
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From: Dave Neilson <D.P.Neilson@warwick.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Flutter vs flubber
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>I think this is a fascinating illustration of linguistic evolution, the
>way in which language subtly changes from one generation to the next. We
>should take advantage of our good fortune in having Sammy, a living link
>to the past, to provide us with insights into the frisbee terminology of
>bygone days.
>
>Or maybe it's his memory going.
>
>Alex
>UTI
>
>PS It's flutter.

... I tried checking with some close relatives of mine, but the platypus
said it was called "quackker" while the celocanth (sp?) pronounced it
"blubber" guts  - if I can get some sense from any other living fossils
I'll let you know.

I am hoping that the tanker of molten amber that overtakes me each evening
after work as I cycle home, does not have any catastrophic disaster or I
might end up becoming 'Old Codgers of the 23 century' ... arrgh! I better
go home!

Sammysaurus Neilson.

PS Hannah - do you have a 'word wrap' feature on your mail software - just
wondered ;-)