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LauraV
at Thu Oct 6 11:38:32 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by LauraV ]
That hurts Gus..
I am working on my master's degree, so don't consider myself completely illiterate , though I can suffer bumble-fingers when I type as easily as anyone else...
I am aware of how pig and hog are spelled in the English language. When I saw it labeled as "Hogg" on the map I looked at, I assumed English had little to do with it (as I assumed it was not the dominant language there)and it was spelled that way for another reason. I did not realize the island was a pig farm or I would have understood the map was in error. I realize that Hog Island is an translation, but still I assumed there was a reason besides illiteracy for it to be spelled Hogg on the map I read. I guess I thought they were not actually referring to our piggs...oops...pigs/hogs. 
I understand where you are coming from, and I'm certainly not arguing the spelling, just couldn't leave you thinking I was stupid as a stone, that there was a reason behind my illiteracy.  -----

Delusions of Grandeur feed the EGO...
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