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Am I an alien?

During a conversation with a group of people ranging from young to elderly at a party, I mentioned something about "Potemkin Villages". Not one of these people all professionals knew the meaning of "Potemkin Village". What the Fu...? Is this esoteric? I always figured it was a common expression. Am I an alien?
  

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"Distortion" wrote: [nq:1]During a conversation with a group of people ranging from young to elderly at a party, I mentioned ... Village". What the Fu...?

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  • "Distortion" wrote: [nq:1]During a conversation with a group of people ranging from young to elderly at a party, I mentioned ...
  • Village".
  • What the Fu...?
  • Is this esoteric?
  • I always figured it was a common expression.
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"Distortion" wrote:
[nq:1]During a conversation with a group of people ranging from young to elderly at a party, I mentioned ... Village". What the Fu...? Is this esoteric? I always figured it was a common expression. Am I an alien?[/nq]
No. You're educated and your information comes from places other than television.

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers. -
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I remember using the esoteric term 'shangri-la' in a meeting once, everyone had
a college degree. The blank stares scared me.
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"Distortion" wrote in
[nq:1]During a conversation with a group of people ranging from young to elderly at a party, I mentioned ... Village". What the Fu...? Is this esoteric? I always figured it was a common expression. Am I an alien?[/nq]
You're a Potemkin alien.
jaybee
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I thought a potemkin was something you carve on hallyween.

"Distortion" wrote in message
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"Distortion" wrote in
[nq:1]During a conversation with a group of people ranging from young to elderly at a party, I mentioned ... Village". What the Fu...? Is this esoteric? I always figured it was a common expression. Am I an alien?[/nq]
On which planet? I've gotten the same reaction at times, and just used it as a reminder to upgrade the people I was hanging out with.

cd
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"Distortion" wrote in message
[nq:2]During a conversation with a group of people ranging ... it was a common expression. Am I an alien?[/nq]
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I thought a potemkin was something you carve on hallyween.[/nq]
Only if you just carve the front of it, and leave the back untouched.

cd

The difference between immorality and immor
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^(Email Removed)> wrote:
[nq:1]During a conversation with a group of people ranging from young to elderly at a party, I mentioned ... Village". What the Fu...? Is this esoteric? I always figured it was a common expression. Am I an alien?[/nq]
We are all aliens. But we have a rule: We just don't go showin' our bug guts to just any Tom, ****, and Harry.
Doug
Just a virtual
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[nq:1]During a conversation with a group of people ranging from young to elderly at a party, I mentioned ... Village". What the Fu...? Is this esoteric? I always figured it was a common expression. Am I an alien?[/nq]
I am well educated, and had never heard the expression. But I am pretty ignorant about Russian history, especially Catherine the Great era. Tolstoy short stories I've studied, th
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"Distortion" wrote in
[nq:2]During a conversation with a group of people ranging ... it was a common expression. Am I an alien?[/nq]
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On which planet? I've gotten the same reaction at times, and just used it as a reminder to upgrade the people I was hanging out with. cd[/nq]
Since when is ignorance of a particular lexical item a way to ju
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