[alt.english.usage] Re: Townies vs Countrymen (was: nitty-gritty)
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From: "Tony Cooper" <tony_co...@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: alt.english.usage, alt.usage.english, uk.culture.language.english
On Mon, 27 May 2002 23:36:14 -0400, in alt.usage.english "Tony
Cooper" <tony_co...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Philip Powell wrote:
>
>>>> During the war I spent my school summer holidays on a farm. The
>>>> whole family and I drank milk unpasteurised, only cooled, and they
>>>> sold a lot to their neighbours.
>>>
>>> Same here, except for us it was before the war, and sometimes we
>>> drank the milk while it was still warm after milking.
>>
>> OK - who drank it straight from the cow then?
>
>You had a cow? In Indiana, in my youth, we had to eat grass and make
>our own milk.
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