Re: Social facts and snowball effect

From: Douglas Brooker (d.brooker@laposte.net)
Date: Tue 11 Apr 2006 - 17:53:04 GMT

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    William Benzon wrote:

    >on 4/11/06 12:50 PM, Douglas Brooker at d.brooker@laposte.net wrote:
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    >>you'd know it soon as you touch it. it also has a real distinctive
    >>sound/feel when you pack it. like a hearing a sound with the sense of
    >>touch. strange. Canadian kids (many/most?) can tell straight away when
    >>they look out the window and see snow falling whether it's 'good'
    >>packing snow. Of course I only speak about English Canada - don't ask
    >>about the Quebecois term.
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    >I grew up in Western Pennsylvania in the 50s and 60s and know about packing
    >snow. That's what we called it too.
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    nice part of America. some of my family's ancestors came to Canada from there several centuries ago. maybe they brought the phrase with them.

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