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Subject:Re: Hard/Soft 'G' in GIF From:"Wayne J. Douglass" <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 5 Dec 1996 10:16:26 -0800
At 11:47 AM 12/5/96 -0600, Stephen P. Victor wrote:
>Wayne J. Douglass wrote:
>>
>> In general, nobody recommends eating *anything* in the UK.
>Hey! As someone whose father is English, I really must take issue with
>this. I've had some wonderful meals in the UK, and when I was growing up
>I enjoyed several English dishes my father made. When I think of truly
>American cuisine, all I can come up with is hamburgers and hotdogs. Oh,
>and chicken fried steak. Hardly gourmet fare.
Steve is quite right. I don't recommend eating US cuisine either. Nor
Scottish cuisine (I mean, haggis?), despite my Scots surname.
--Wayne Douglass
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