Originally Posted by
jaegerhund
Usually when you see the et al , it's used to designate a study or work done by a group of people. For instance, let's say Fournet et al, ---- this would usually imply that Fournet was the leader of the research party and the et al were the associates and people generally lower on the totem poll. What I was implying (rather badly) is that ,because I'm American as well as you, that you would always be more important and the Canadians and Aussies would be the et al or people not worth mentioning. Again, now I will stop trying to be funny late at night because I realize how contrived and stupid it sounds ---just a bad attempt at a little country to country picking ---I feel a certain brotherhood with countries of English/British origins like Canadians and Australians --and admire both greatly but have also a general friendly feeling of competition --a whose the best on the block thing. But, again it was stupid , silly, and contrived --if not in bad taste. (but friendly)
:gth
Justin