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   =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D6jevind_L=E5ng?= to All   
   Re: Isaac Asimov   
   14 Aug 09 10:15:32   
   
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   From: bredband.net@ojevind.lang   
      
   "Jeff Urs"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:8028ea57-2f24-40d3-aaa2-5c371ff2bc16@k19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...   
   >On Aug 13, 9:39 am, Derek Broughton  wrote:   
   >> Öjevind Lång wrote:   
   >>> I suppose one could somehow excuse the first slip by saying that they   
   >>> still play baseball in the distant future, but if so, he should at least   
   >>> have spelled it "basbul bat" or something like that to maintain the   
   >>> sense   
   >>> of distance.   
   >>   
   >> Of course they'll still be playing baseball.  And it will _still_ be   
   >> spelled   
   >> "baseball".   
   >   
   > Of course, we already know that the spelling of what it's called when   
   > the ball is hit out of the park will be "homir".   
   >   
   > (You just have to travel a few posts downwhen.)   
      
   LOLOL   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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