Hi, Mike! Recently you wrote in a message to Denis Mosko:
MP> [...] boiled collard greens and black eyed peas,
MP> with a side of cornbread.
MP> I believe that is the same tradition with some
MP> in the USA, at least the black eyed peas and
MP> cornbread are.
Uh-huh. The original author of this message lives in North Carolina,
not in Russia. Denis changed only the "Subj" line & the geographical name.
I think he's trying to learn English by copying patterns & trying out
variations on them. This can be a useful learning strategy at times, but it is
confusing to the rest of us when we can't be sure who said what or whether he's
reporting accurately here in E_T what's going on in his life... [wry grin].
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
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