On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:55:35 -0700, Kevin Wampler <wam### [at] uwashingtonedu>
wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> I was listening to a radio programme today that said that less than 28% of
>> people (in the UK) under 30 knew any nursery rhymes and even fewer knew what
>> they meant.
>
>I can see why most kids would know what they meant, seeing as how many 
>of the actual meanings are pretty far removed from the modern notions of 
>"things for kids".  Same with Grimm's Fairy Tales come to think of it

Very remote as they were written(?)/spoken when most people could not read ;)
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Regards
     Stephen

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