Chas. Owens wrote:
Like a true Texan* (grin), he skewed the numbers to make Texas look
bigger than it is. It is between 2.4** and 2.5*** when you include
...
* I am resident of Virgina, so I have no axe to grind; I am just
looking for a definitive answer.
** random sites on the Internet
***
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 11:25:14PM +, Andy Armstrong wrote:
On 7 Dec 2007, at 23:19, Chas. Owens wrote:
That is my take on it: Everything is bigger in Texas, even French
Quotes.
You know, from a complete outsider's perspective, I really prefer the
Paris, Texas explanation :)
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote:
Larry Wall wrote:
Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged
about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest
everything, including ten-gallon hats. That was before we added Alaska.
On Dec 7, 2007 11:50 AM, Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:12:36PM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote:
Larry Wall wrote:
Good guess, but no. It comes from the fact that Texas always bragged
about how they were the largest state in the union, and had the biggest
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 09:36:36AM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote:
From S02:
The double angles may be written either with French quotes, «$foo
@bar[]»||, or with Texas quotes, $foo @bar[],|| as the ASCII
workaround.
Larry Wall wrote:
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 09:36:36AM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote:
From S02:
The double angles may be written either with French quotes, «$foo
@bar[]»||, or with Texas quotes, $foo @bar[],|| as the
