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Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 3 Apr 2001 21:55:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> > Billions and Billions!
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> > :^D
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> Heh heh, did you know Sagan actually wrote a book by the same title? He was
> actually a funny guy, and poked a lot of fun at himself and that misquote that
> made him famous (the poor fella denied ever saying "billions and billions").
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> D-Man
Every other word out of his mouth was "billions and billions." He must have
said it....billions and billions of times!
Bruce
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 | | Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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| (...) 100% not true. Actually, it was the WAY Sagan said "billions" that got him into trouble. When he did the "Cosmos" TV series, Sagan over pronounced the "B" in billions so that it wouldn't sound like "millions." It was so noticable that people (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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| (...) Heh heh, did you know Sagan actually wrote a book by the same title? He was actually a funny guy, and poked a lot of fun at himself and that misquote that made him famous (the poor fella denied ever saying "billions and billions"). D-Man (23 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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