Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA13670 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:27:19 +0100 Subject: re: points Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 09:24:29 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000921132428.AAA6937@camailp.harvard.edu@[204.96.32.98]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hi Vincent Campbell --
>Is that a misunderstanding of the term 'brownie points'?
>
>In the UK this is a reference (at least as I've alwasy understood it) to a
>movement akin to the Boy Scouts, for young girls called the Brownies
Yeah, that reference is valid as well....
- Wade
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