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A white ant is a type of ant that eats timber but dislikes sunlight. They are white in appearance, hence the name. A piece of timber attacked by white ants looks ok on the outside but if touched, falls apart in your hands, revealing numerous tunnels within the wood. See http://www.macnet.mq.edu.au:8008/anonymous5880056761+2/-/macshowrecord/1/1 http://www.macnet.mq.edu.au:8008/anonymous5880056761+3/-/macshowrecord/1/2 Regards Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Gushee [mailto:mgushee@h...] > Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2002 6:56 PM > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: Re: [off-topic] Re: Relax NG Projects > > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 09:49:02AM +0100, Michael Kay wrote: > > > > Elders of Gridiron" which shows how International Gridiron plans > > > to whiteant respect for that fine game. > > > > > Can someone please explain the verb "to whiteant" so someone who is not > > a native speaker of the American language? > > Ahem. Don't you mean Australian? At any rate, this American is just as > puzzled as you are. > > -- > Matt Gushee > Englewood, Colorado, USA > mgushee@h... > http://www.havenrock.com/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > >
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