[lit-ideas] Re: Ideology vs Experience
- From: John Wager <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:23:16 -0500
Eric Yost wrote:
Ursula: The plural of anecdote is not 'data'.
The plural of anecdote is urban legend, at least in some areas north
of Mason-Dixon.
I've heard rumors from time to time about something called an "urban
legend," but personally I've never had a direct experience of one. I
suspect that the whole idea of an "urban legend" is just the result of
stories being passed on as true just because one has heard them from
someone who heard them from someone who they say actually saw it happen,
but no one bothers to trace it back to the original seer. There is no
such thing as an "Urban legend."
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John Wager john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Lisle, IL, USA
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