From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   On 12/09/2024 3:15 a.m., guido wugi wrote:   
   > Op 11-9-2024 om 12:07 schreef Ross Clark:   
   >> 5/9 Lewis Nkosi died (2010)  [South African writer]   
   >> 6/9   (...)   
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   >> 7/9    I.A.Richards died (1979) [...]   
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   >> 8/9   (...)   
   >> 9/9   (...)   
   >> 10/9    Mary Wollstonecraft died (1797)   
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   >> 11/9    Hannah Weiner died (1997)     (...)   
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   > There's quite some dying going on in linguactivityland ;-)   
      
   I noticed, early in the year, that Crystal seemed to have more deathdays   
   than birthdays in his book. It may be true, but I haven't bothered to   
   count. I suppose you could argue that the stuff we remember people for   
   tends to be closer to the former than the latter.   
      
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