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A HERETIC I AM

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6. "Honestly, you think people have never heard of blacksmiths or a smithy"

Reply to frazzled (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 12:06 AM

Apr 2012

Actually, Yes I do think (many) people have never heard of blacksmiths or a smithy or rather, really have no idea what the context of the reference in the quote actually refers to.

Ask the next newly graduated high schooler you meet what two bodies of water the Suez Canal connects.

Ask them any number of simple questions that you and I might take for granted as common knowledge.

No, certainly most younger people have no clue whatsoever what a 'smithy' is. Nor do they have any idea of what it took to operate one, the products to come out of one and what kind of person did so.

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My favorite of all time frazzled Apr 2012 #1

How many that might see your post will actually know what the "smithy" really means? A HERETIC I AM Apr 2012 #2

I do! I do! nolabear Apr 2012 #3

I think anyone who grew up in Indiana and had to memorize frazzled Apr 2012 #4

"Honestly, you think people have never heard of blacksmiths or a smithy" A HERETIC I AM Apr 2012 #6

I think you underestimate our schools frazzled Apr 2012 #7

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