From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!mhuxv!mhuxj!cbosgd!nscs!jpj Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: another anecdote Article-I.D.: nscs.276 Posted: Wed Jul 28 13:36:41 1982 Received: Mon Aug 2 05:38:21 1982 References: pur-ee.463 That reminds me of a Physics Prof that I had in college. We were trying to study General Relativity and the prof kept commenting about how a particle was mode-ified while passing through a field. None of use could figure out what "mode" he was talking about. Only much later did we realize that the poor particle was being "modified". Sigh... Jim Jenal BTL/CB (but not for long...)