Re: Some Ebay items I (apparently only) am bidding on
From: Indy <kochte@s...>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:11:28 -0400
Subject: Re: Some Ebay items I (apparently only) am bidding on
Warbeads@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/19/05 6:28:45 AM Central Daylight Time,
> frits@kuijlman.net writes:
>
> Indy wrote:
> > Yeah, what Fritz said. The second-hand stuff I've seen I
haven't been
>
> Frits, not Fritz! Dutch vs. German. Grumble, grumble, grumble...
> F.
>
> --
> Frits Kuijlman
frits@cistron.nl
> Delft, The Netherlands
>
> *I understand, I got the "Wilson doesn't sound
Mexican/Latino/Hispanic"
> or "You don't look Mexican" thing a lot growing up in Los Angeles,
> California, and having Mexican Tia and cousins - but Aniba is a
Spanish
> surname. My Mom was Spanish/Scots/Dutch/German-Jew mix, mostly
> Spanish. Maybe if I had my father's swarthy skin tones
> (Cherokee-Irish-French) I wouldn't have heard it so much. Frits with
a
> "S" - Dutch. I'll try and keep that in mind. And not typo the
close-by
> "z" when I reach for an "s".*
That's my 'defense'. The 's' and 'z' are right next to each other! :-)
Mk