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--Wendell Johnson, People in Quandaries
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
They Have a Word for It
While visiting in Spain, Oregonian Dale Sloat entered a small store with the sign "Snack Bar" outside. Hoping to find out more about the various items in the display case, he pointed to one and asked, in his best tourist Spanish, "What is the name of that?" The reply from behind the counter: "Sandwich."
A skeptic by experience, a mathematician by training, an editor by choice, Nora Miller particularly enjoys editing skeptical papers on mathematics. Follow me on Twitter @nmillaz
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