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----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:42 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: An Aerolite Liar > Dear Ken, Mark, and List: > > >A reply was received from Postermaster Scott stating that the report > >"is a canard," no such aerolite having fallen. > > > I greatly enjoyed the archaic writing style of this article, and also > the hilarious content. I see that meteorite pranksters were hard at > work even in the 1800s. What industrious fellows they were, skulking > about the country filing reports of aerolites "as large as a > hogshead," and others that had killed farmers in their beds. I assume > that Mohamed will now be spurred on to even greater feats of > discovery, finding tomorrow perhaps, a new Lunar or Martian meteorite > the size of a camel's hump, or a donkey. > > We usually now see this wonderful word "aerolite" only in old > articles, and perhaps hand written on vintage collection labels. The > most enjoyable part for me, however, was the usage of this word > "canard" -- meaning, in English, "a false or malicious report." More > amusingly -- and as our own Anne Black knows full well -- it is the > French word for "duck," as in the bird. I suppose this term should > now be reserved specially for fake meteorite reports made by quacks. > > The journalist showed little objectivity at the end, when he stated > that "the friend" (I assume he meant "fiend") who had been > perpetrating these canards, "should be killed"! Now that's the way to > deal with these pranksters : ) > > Regards, > > Geoff N. > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
