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From: Ben Wise <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:41:44 -0700
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Brilliant connection, Alex!  I noticed the archaism of that reference 
to Brontosaurus but you saw the analogy to the AHF revisionistas. 
Perfect!  I think MT would have enjoyed the point.
(almost as much as he'd have enjoyed being alive to know about it!)

Ben


>In the manner of recent publications of Huckleberry Finn, I would like to e=
>mend Twain's third group to "Apatosaurites," as Brontosaurus has been a sci=
>entifically obsolete name for decades.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatosaurus
>


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