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On Mar 8, 8:36 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hicks are hicks no matter how far south or north you are. If you live > in the woods and take a dirt road once a week to get groceries and > pick up mail and have the equivalent of a 7th grade education you're a > hick. Not necessarily stupid by any means but a hick just the same. > I imagine there must be part of Montana or the Dakotas that have areas > like this. Or the northern parts of the Appalachian Mountains. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8&feature=player_embedded# > > dj > > > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 5 Mar, 17:28, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Pat <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >> > On 5 Mar, 16:01, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Illiteracy appears to be on the decline: > > >> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy > > >> >> Sometimes a visual is interesting too. > > >> >>http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/world-illiteracy-map.htm > > >> >> Of course, the USA has its issues. > > >> >>http://www.caliteracy.org/rates/ > > >> > That reminds me of a time when my father had mentioned to a work > >> > colleague from Alabama that "the South has the highest illiteracy rate > >> > in the country." And the guy responded by holding out his hand (as if > >> > to shake my father's hand) and saying, "Put 'er there!" Implying that > >> > he didn't understand that it was NOT a compliment, thus proving the > >> > point. My father had to really restrain himself from bursting out > >> > laughing at the poor bloke. > > >> Sounds to me like Southern humor. I might just respond in kind after > >> a random insult to The Land Of My Birth. Especially if it came from > >> some Damn Yankee or even worse, a hoity toity Englishman. We don't > >> mind insults but it goes down better when delivered with a smile. > >> Even if it's true. > > >> dj > > > Whilst I DO understand what you mean, this person was the kind that > > would say, "last time I clumb up a tree...", so, I think it was more > > of a lack of understanding than anything else. How do you classify > > Missourians, as they're not so Northern as to be 'Yankee', but not too > > Southern either? Perhaps, "That gol-durn stubborn lot just northa > > Arkansas". ;-) > > >> >> Other > >> >> sources:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/21... > > >> >> And, it is obvious that definitions affect all such reporting. > > >> >> On Mar 5, 5:37 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> > On 4 Mar, 02:02, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> > > "If the novel goes the way of live theater – a medium appealing to > >> >> > > only a small, relatively rarefied segment of the population – what, > >> >> > > if > >> >> > > anything, will be lost? What can a novel do for us that other art > >> >> > > forms can’t?” > > >> >> > >http://siobhancurious.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/encountering-the-other... > > >> >> > > What do you think? > > >> >> > I don't think it's likely to go away. In fact, the newer concepts of > >> >> > e-books are more likely to fade away than pen-on-paper due to the > >> >> > potential for electronic sabotage. Whilst Great Libraries (like > >> >> > Alexandria) may burn and destroy many instances of great works, the > >> >> > concept of writing won't fade unless the entire species is wiped out, > >> >> > as even most illiterates know about writing and, given a crises, may > >> >> > re-develop it, as illiteratacy doesn't, of necessity, imply > >> >> > uneducability or lack of intelligence. Heck, we still have The Epic > >> >> > of Gilgamesh (an example of a very old 'novel') written in cuneiform > >> >> > on clay tablets, and that's lasted for thousands of years. > > >> >> > Even human extinction may not wipe out literature from the Earth, as > >> >> > it may pave the way for other species to evolve and create their own. > >> >> > It would be interesting to hear the tales written by intellectual > >> >> > insects: The Story of the Lazy Bee; The Emperor Moth's Post-Pupate > >> >> > Clothes; 50 Ways to Kill You Lover by B. Widow and P. Mantis. 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