Hi Mark,
That, of course, was not my intention. More a humorous jab at Aggies. I don't think I even looked at the author's name. Just skimmed the article. My apologies if anyone was offended. Louise > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:52:08 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Texascavers] RE: cavers in the news > > Louise Power said: > > > The article said: "...with a longitude of more than four miles." > > > I think I'd be very careful believing someone who didn't know the > > difference between length and longitude. > > Okay, Louise, time to be culturally sensitive here. I don't > think it is lack of knowledge so much as a slight language problem. > The author of that article has a Hispanic name, and in Spanish the > length of a cave is referred to as longitud. I think he just used a > cognate where is was not appropriate. > > Mark Minton > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
