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
> 
> 
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