vision2020@moscow.com: Re: the world according to Newt

Re: the world according to Newt

Bill London (london@wsunix.wsu.edu)
Fri, 3 Mar 1995 06:23:44 -0800 (PST)

How can I resist a little word play, especially with the choice topic of
"reptilian mammilia"????? Answer, I can't--
What if reptilian is a noun? Snake-like creatures, perhaps, some
kind of grade-C sci-fi monster. Then mammilia could refer to a
mis-spelled mis-applied mammary gland. I certainly can envision a huge
writhing serpent with ponderous breasts. Then what exactly would the
lawyers be, since that was the original citation? I remain confused, and
wonder if all this high-tech wonderfulness of a 2020 list-server was
designed for any good use at all....BL

On Wed, 1 Mar 1995, WIEST JAMES ANDREW wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Mar 1995, Lombardi Lisa Marie wrote:
>
> > reptiles are, by definition, not mammals.
> >
> > Newtoids are probably not even vertebrates -- don't be fooled by the name
> > (newts are a kind of amphibian).
> >
>
> Hi Lisa,
>
> Of course you are correct, but in this case reptilian was an adjective.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Andy(wiest921@cs.uidaho.edu)
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