Re: Crop Circles

Kennita Watson (kwatson@netcom.com)
Sat, 6 Sep 1997 08:58:28 -0700


An exchange apparently between CurtAdams and danny goes:
>In a message dated 9/5/97 4:50:54 PM, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 97-09-05 11:47:57 EDT, you write:
>><< You've got to read these things more carefully. The pictures aren't
>>pictures
>> of chromosomes, as just glancing at them will tell. They claim to be
>> pictures of "chromozones", whatever they are....
>> >>
>>Its obviously a typo.
>
>No, it's not just a typo. I've seen pictures of chromosomes, and those
>pictures aren't chromosome pictures....

Sigh -- aren't they teaching etymology in the schools any more? Try
plugging in "areas of differing color" and see how the claims read.
(See the prefix "chromo-" in a decent dictionary).

Kennita

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