shrinking women

["Tamminga, Ernie" <et -at- DSC -dot- COM>]

Speaking of threads about apostrophes and other goodies...

The end of your first sentence is wanting an apostrophe (contemporaries'
), to make it possessive.

...unless, of course, you really did mean to say that men's frontal
lobes shrink a full third faster than women shrink.

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Ernie Tamminga
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Opinions expressed are my own, and not necessarily those of Digital
Sound Corporation

> -----Original Message-----
>From:  Pat Gantt [SMTP:pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET]
>Sent:  Wednesday, September 24, 1997 4:57 AM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Re: humour
>
>[<snip, snip, snip>
>Fun fact:
>
>Men's frontal lobes shrink a full third
>faster than their female contemporaries.
>I hesitate to say this but (considering it
>may be someone's pet peeve)
>
>it may <eh hem> give rise to the phrase <eh hem>
>grumpy ol' men. I think of aging as the great leveling
>effect ;-) or is it affect? Hmmmm. I need to consult
>that source I gave earlier that Alexia first noted
><voice trailing>
>
>Cheers. Have a good day eh?
>
>--
>
>Best Regards, Pat
>=================================================
>

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