Eugenics

[Adam J. Thornton]

Actually, I'm not going to talk about programs to keep the Genetically
Inferior from breeding.

Rather I'm going to talk about the way people named Eugene talk, hereby
christened "Eugenics."  This could be considered an experiment in a kind of
ethnography, though my data set is a set of one.  Eugene Kang, to be
precise.  I doubt he's reading this, but, if so, hey Euge.  He was a guy
who was my friend in high school, and I spent a lot of time listening to
him talk.  So I think my evidence is pretty good.

"'Standard' 'English'"                              Eugenics
----------------------                              --------
Our father                                          Our father
Who art in heaven                                   Who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name                                Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come                                    Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done                                    Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven                         On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day                                    Give us this day
Our daily bread                                     Our daily bread
And forgive us                                      And forgive us
Our trespasses                                      Our trespasses
As we forgive those                                 As we forgive those
Who trespass against us                             Who trespass against us
And lead us not                                     And lead us not
Into temptation                                     Into temptation
But deliver us from evil                            But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom                            For thine is the kingdom
And the power                                       And the power
And the glory                                       And the glory
Forever                                             Forever
Amen                                                Amen

Hey, want to get lunch?                             Hey, want to get lunch?
Pass me a beer.                                     Pass me a beer.

Wow!  Aerosmith's "Teen                             Neat!  Danny Elfman's
Hormone Hits" with the                              movie soundtracks with
Point/Counterpoint on "Huge                         digitally enhanced
Disgusting Lips: Tyler or                           cellos!
Jagger!"


I hope this little lesson in Eugenics has been useful to you all.

Adam
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