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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: 100 Words #80986 09/18/02 01:59 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Gerrymandering is alive and well and reasserts itself every ten years. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 Words #80987 09/18/02 02:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: I'm glad you didn't ask me to tell about Elbridge Gerry. I'll bet no other member except a New Englander ever heard of him. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 Words #80988 09/18/02 02:11 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Elbridge Gerry Pronounced [garry]. That notwithstanding gerrymander is pronounced [jerrymander]. We learned about him in our grammar school history classes in Chicago. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 Words #80989 09/18/02 02:15 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: Massachusetts schools are so backward I had to wait until I got into highschool to learn about Elbridge Gerry. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 Words #80990 09/18/02 02:19 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Dear Dr. Bill My memory is sloppy enough. It may have been high school. I'm sure I didn't have to wait till I got to Boston to learn about this sterling role model for modern day politicians. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 Words #80991 09/18/02 02:37 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: as a happy result of your needling me (I love it) I looked up Elbridge Gerry in encyclopedia, and was amazed to find he was Harvard man and Vice President under Madison. I had grossly under-estimated him. I had also not known pronuncitation of his last name. (like clerk being pronounced clark). Keep up the good work. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 Words #80992 09/18/02 05:12 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 And you, Dr. Bill, keep looking things up, reporting and expanding our knowledge. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 Words #80993 09/18/02 05:24 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: twist AS's arm to find us another hundred words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 100 Words #80994 09/18/02 06:41 PM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina I'll bet no other member except a New Englander ever heard of him. You would lose that bet, wwh. I fell in love with the word gerrymander back in high school, which was a fair step from New England. 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