Bug Sandwiches--was Re: you say vegemite, I say nannite

From: John Marlow (johnmarrek@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2001 - 02:45:32 MST


I really don't know what to say. I've known a few
Australians. I wouldn't rule it out.

john marlow

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Emilyn wrote:

Its a tiny mite that eats the crops here. They collect them, and mash them into an edible dark-brown paste, which we spread on bread. Mmmmm.....

Emlyn

----- Original Message ----- From: "John Marlow" <johnmarrek@yahoo.com> To: <extropians@extropy.org> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 6:47 PM Subject: you say vegemite, I say nannite

> Possibly; but nano to nannites seems to follow some > kind of basic grammar. Nanites looks as though it > would be pronounced nay-nights. (Then of course you > have lovely terms like hippopotami.) And "molecular > assemblers" is right out. > > What the heck is a vegemite, anyway? Been wondering > that since Men At Work. > > john marlow > > -- > > Michael Broderick wrote: > > At 02:51 PM 7/01/01 -0800, John Marlow wrote: > > >I prefer nannites; call me eccentric. > > Shouldn't that be `eccenntric'? > > Damien Broderick > >

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