Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,alt.usage.english,rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: UK Love Is Blind Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:39:16 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 38 Message-ID: <6AAF8DA4.2227@ix.netcom.com> References: <6AA8CDE5.6B58@ix.netcom.com> <1789576512-12588@newsgrouper.org> <1spmalhv6kpnoadn6ujv8qjm7aielfk4c3@4ax.com> <118g0f4$14bl$2@dont-email.me> <118g4pv$36n3$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="3050292"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18O+V6Ur7U8zlmmiLMAPdcQtREuplXBDdc="; posting-host="a7e5a4b95cdd668e79a7be980dec631b" Cancel-Lock: sha1:bL6G8kkkubqz/sOASg4jVL84h3M= sha256:gOCz1ohELT67xos1BrA9KSf/HBkW3tzbgol3cwNdens= sha1:pDS5/1aXayIWClB2oxCF+lxSGIg= sha256:inBz/mQoc0lXdJ/utS9JFX/wYe6ddF8xj5InQ/NLuKc= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 260919-6, 09/19/2026), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:673424 alt.usage.english:1151042 rec.arts.tv:1857593 Peter Moylan wrote: > > On 17/09/26 16:13, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote: > > Den 17.09.2026 kl. 06.28 skrev Steve Hayes: > > > >> Of course some people don't take kindly to correction, and even try to > >> propagate false information. I still recall when PTD tried very hard > >> to persuade me that El Paso, Illinois did not exist, despite my having > >> some relatives who were born there and some that still lived there. > > > > El Paso certainly exists. It appears in a Danish children's song. > > > > Jeg har min hest jeg har min lasso. (hest = horse) > > Jeg har min kær'ste i El Paso. (kæreste = sweetheart) > > Out in the West Texas town of El Taco > I fell in love with a Mexican girl > Each night we'd meet, up in Rosa's Cantina > > During one of the Middle East wars, some people started singing about > the West Texas town of Umm Qasr. shouldn't there be a letter u after the letter Q? > > -- > Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org > Newcastle, NSW -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.