From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c8df1482f30140cd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-23 00:21:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!nntp.abs.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!news.cesnet.cz!crax.cesnet.cz!news.felk.cvut.cz!not-for-mail From: "Sergey Koshcheyev" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: OT: Humpty-Dumpty (was: Re: type or subtype?) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:02:30 +0200 Organization: Czech Technical University Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: m232.dkm.cz X-Trace: ns.felk.cvut.cz 1019545343 4740 62.24.78.232 (23 Apr 2002 07:02:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ns.felk.cvut.cz NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:02:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22974 Date: 2002-04-23T09:02:30+02:00 List-Id: Just to explain. Besides sitting on the wall, Humpty-Dumpty also invented his own words for things. I don't remember the exact details, however. Sergey. "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" wrote in message news:mailman.1019525703.15228.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) wrote: > >Humpty-Dumpty in Alice (*) > >... > >(*) If you don't know the reference, it's a significant > >cultural gap for those who read and write english. > > Being quite experienced in enduring that cultural gap (or rather, barrier), > I'd like to say that: > > 1) ... > > 2) ... > > Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru > Saint-Petersburg > Russia >