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Re: Caboose?

Leigh Palmer wrote:


I have lots of immigrant students. I gave a problem Friday with the word
"colonize" in it. Three students asked me what it meant; all were
relatively new to English.


I worked for a couple of days this summer with a professor from India. I
found it interesting that he said crocodile clips when he spoke about what I
call alligator clips. Our culture makes its impact. Sometimes subtly and
sometimes not so subtly.


Leigh