Path: ...!uucp.uio.no!fnord.no!news1.firedrake.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk (Paul Dormer) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: MT VOID, 05/03/24 -- Vol. 42, No. 44, Whole Number 2326 Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 16:20 +0100 (BST) Lines: 9 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk X-Trace: individual.net vlC6umGLJ7f8QiafM8MaywxsXSUQ19532kWliZ6SqIUA4jLY7W Cancel-Lock: sha1:5lu++niP5uIe+d+rnAcwQXJy88U= sha256:Y515T62kOqz7K/UMgMzWUUFi/EspUIIlVZI66pfZnpU= X-News-Software: Ameol X-URL: http://cix.uk Bytes: 1167 In article , evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com (Evelyn C. Leeper) wrote: > But I still have hopes that people will eventually understand the > difference between an "ancestor" and a "descendent". I remember, some years ago, seeing a description of a forthcoming TV programme. It was about someone setting up a company to provide office lunches. The person was described as an ancestor of the Earl of Sandwich.