I wrote: > > And I thank my googly daughter for drawing this one to my attention. > > > [Googly: noun. A bowled ball that swerves in one direction and breaks > in the other.]
And Allen Esterson commented: > > Now what I'm *not* clear about is what Stephen meant when he referred > to his "googly daughter"? This whimsical comment of mine seems to have generated confusion. It's simple, really. I had mentioned in an earlier post that one of my two daughters worked for Google. I was just having fun with words and checking to see if anyone was paying attention (apparently not). Then I discovered it had a real meaning, which was obscure enough that it might be taken as a description of her personality. Now if I hadn't used it, we wouldn't have been able to enjoy Allen's masterful explication of that most inexplicable of sports, would we? Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
