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Hilde Bracegirdle · 04-17-2005, 01:25 PM

Let's hope that their Geography books are no older than they are! But seriously, I do recall that history textbooks seem to avoid more recent events until they has been quite thoroughly digested.

Mithalwen · 04-17-2005, 01:37 PM

Well I remember many text books being older than me - so much so that French friends boggled when I used a very antiquated word for a sweater, I might as well have said I was going to put on a crinoline! As for History - we only ever seemed to do the industrial revolution .......

04-17-2005, 01:37 PM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Well I remember many text books being older than me - so much so that French friends boggled when I used a very antiquated word for a sweater, I might as well have said I was going to put on a crinoline! As for History - we only ever seemed to do the industrial revolution ....... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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04-17-2005, 01:25 PM	#1
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Let's hope that their Geography books are no older than they are! But seriously, I do recall that history textbooks seem to avoid more recent events until they has been quite thoroughly digested.