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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!sgigate!odin!fido!pauli
  2. From: pauli@sgi.com (Paul Isaacs)
  3. Newsgroups: soc.motss
  4. Subject: Re: Changing standards of female beauty (was Re: Ageism)
  5. Date: 28 Dec 1992 19:26:44 GMT
  6. Organization: Silicon Graphics
  7. Lines: 16
  8. Message-ID: <1hnkdkINN2ve@fido.asd.sgi.com>
  9. References: <mattm-231292173402@mcmelmon.apple.com> <mattm-271292142120@mcmelmon.apple.com> <1hlktjINNdfc@mizar.usc.edu>
  10. NNTP-Posting-Host: uniblab.asd.sgi.com
  11.  
  12. In article <1hlktjINNdfc@mizar.usc.edu> adolphso@mizar.usc.edu (adolphson) writes:
  13. >In article <mattm-271292142120@mcmelmon.apple.com> 
  14. >mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon) writes:
  15. >
  16. >> Besides, the New Year is upon us, and perhaps it is time for a
  17. >> kinder, gentler _Splat Ex Splaticus_.
  18. >
  19. >Oh dear.  If the New Year weren't upon us I'd take the time
  20. >to point out that "ex" is followed by the accusative, not the
  21. >nominative.
  22. >
  23.  
  24. Really?
  25. Whenever I've got a new ex, it's always followed by a sedative.
  26.  
  27. pauli.
  28.