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Re: swamped

If a beached canoe is on the beach, then a swamped canoe is...

Clarence is right, give them a dictionary: swamped: (1)vt INUNDATE...so,
inundate me with replies (or swamp me, but I'll be on the beach)! smile,
Karl


* The one I ran into was when I asked students to explain why a 'swamped'
canoe doesn't sink. Many didn't understand what that meant. I CAN
understand why they might not.

Dr. Karl I. Trappe Desk Phone: (512) 471-4152
Physics Dept, Mail Stop C-1600 Demo Office: (512) 471-5411
The University of Texas at Austin Home Phone: (512) 264-1616
Austin, Texas 78712-1081