"Pat Sumner" Wildean@btopenworld.com wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Page" alison_page@becta.org.uk Subject: [B7L] language virus music SF intersection

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And who was it who sang (inspired by William Burroughs) that 'Language is a virus from outer space'? Because that neatly encapsulates every thread on the list this week into one meaningless but strangely catchy phrase.

That was Laurie Anderson

Wildean

Is it appropriate to mention 'The Andromeda Strain'?

Jacqui