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Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project

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> If you could travel in both space and time you could find a location 
> where/when "dude" was western slang for a recent arrival, often well 
> heeled, and unaccustomed both to working with his hands and working 
> with animals such as horses and cattle. As such, it was a bit of a 
> pejorative among locals who were used to working with their hands and 
> with livestock. It had something of the feel of the modern slang term 
> "wuss."
> 
> This slang hasn't been in widespread use for quite a while seeing as 
> "Go west young man" now means "do an internet startup in Silicon 
> Valley" not "try and strike it rich on the Comstock Lode in the Utah 
> Territory."

It may mean that to you guys who can't get out from behind your keyboards,
but in every part of the American West, it is still a pejorative and likely
to get you a black eye or other recountouring of your anatomy unless
followed quickly by a believable "oh i'm sorry, i'm from California and i
didn't know what that word meant. Let me buy you a beer".

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The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Antti J Ylikoski <antti.ylikoski@aalto.fi> - 2011-10-24 16:24 +0300
  Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Espen Vestre <espen@vestre.net> - 2011-10-24 15:30 +0200
  Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project "J.A. Legris" <jalegris@sympatico.ca> - 2011-10-24 06:42 -0700
    Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project casey <jgkjcasey@yahoo.com.au> - 2011-10-24 16:02 -0700
      Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project N <n.m.keele@hotmail.co.uk> - 2011-10-25 10:40 -0700
  Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) - 2011-10-24 13:58 +0000
    Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-24 17:22 +0000
      Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project "J.A. Legris" <jalegris@sympatico.ca> - 2011-10-24 13:13 -0700
    Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project OMouse <omouse@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 21:21 -0700
  Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-24 16:50 +0000
  Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project fortunatus <daniel.eliason@excite.com> - 2011-10-26 07:45 -0700
    Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Antti J Ylikoski <antti.ylikoski@aalto.fi> - 2011-10-27 12:56 +0300
      Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) - 2011-10-28 04:12 +0000
        Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Antti J Ylikoski <antti.ylikoski@aalto.fi> - 2011-10-28 16:08 +0300
          Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-28 20:08 +0000
            Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Antti J Ylikoski <antti.ylikoski@aalto.fi> - 2011-10-30 07:16 +0200
            Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Antti J Ylikoski <antti.ylikoski@aalto.fi> - 2011-11-01 16:13 +0200
              Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2011-11-01 16:34 -0400
              Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2011-11-01 22:49 +0100
              Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-11-02 17:23 +0000
                Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Raffael Cavallaro <raffaelcavallaro@pas.despam.s.il.vous.plait.mac.com> - 2011-11-02 14:55 -0400
                Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201111.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2011-11-03 04:13 +0100
                Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project Raffael Cavallaro <raffaelcavallaro@pas.despam.s.il.vous.plait.mac.com> - 2011-11-03 11:11 -0400
          Re: The scientific consensus about the Mentifex project curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) - 2011-10-30 00:04 +0000

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