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Bird things at Qld Modern Art Gallery

To: "'Harry Clarke'" <>, <>
Subject: Bird things at Qld Modern Art Gallery
From: "Nicci Thompson" <>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:41:30 +1000
Nor do we need unkind and hurtful comments such as yours, Harry.  If you
dislike Philip's intelligent contributions to the list, please use your
delete key.

Nicci Thompson


-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Harry Clarke
Sent: Tuesday, 13 February 2007 11:08 PM
To: 
Subject: Bird things at Qld Modern Art Gallery

Do you get a thrill from being pedantic Phillip V.
I seldom comment but who gives a rat's arse if you spell it with or
without
a capital A or use the word in a specific or general sense?
Don't fill birding-aus with nonsense.

hc


On 2/13/07, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
> Yes you are correct. I was using the word partly in the general but
mainly
> the specific sense. I could well (probably should) have used a capital
A, or
> used a word like Koori but then I could not be sure the context would
be
> entirely correct either. I am confident that the pots showing these
northern
> hemisphere fauna were not part of a display of art of northern
hemisphere
> aboriginal people, but of Australian Aboriginal people.
>
> Philip
>
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