Re: [eia] I thought this was cool

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:00 PM 9/24/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> I have lately been reading Winston Churchill's memoirs of WWII, and it always
> strikes me, when he quotes telegrams and letters sent to his generals,
> ministers, and fellow national leaders, like Stalin, Roosevelt, etc., how
> similar these messages are to our EIA emails in content, tone, and use of
> language.  Art imitating life, I guess.
I was thinking of this and it also struck me that it might indicate we all 
spend way too much time reading historical works and thus tend to talk that 
way when we are simulating a time period.   We need to start Talk Like 
Napoleon Day as a companion to Talk Like a Pirate Day.  :)

Mike



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