Found this in an old email archive from 1998. Smithsonian response to an unsolicited artifact.

May 29, 2017 10:16 PM

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8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Good ole South Carolina.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is great

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Clams don't have teeth

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damn burrcrats ain't got no rispeck fa taxpayers n they donno sheet about nuttin

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This is much older than 98... I'm pretty sure it was early 90s

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I approve of both the sender of artifacts and the sender of the rejection letter. You're ok too @OP

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Scientist explained carbon dating is inaccurate. Therefore the world must be 4000years old. Check and mate, mates.

8 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 4

Oh snap! He caught us! Everybody run and grab your grant money!

8 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

This man deserves a promotion

8 years ago | Likes 282 Dislikes 1

most curators do!

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I agree. Even if it was a Malibu Barbie chewed by a dog.

8 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

But he's too good at his job and they'd worry the next guy won't be as good. -Management, probably.

8 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I love this and I don't even care if it's fake.

8 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 0

Agreed. I sincerely hope it's real. Genius on all sides. Thanks for sharing @op

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Did a letter from the Smithsonian spell that as "moulded plastic"?

8 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 6

Quite a few British spellings in there, as ironically highlighted as incorrect by the OC OP's spell checker.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Moulded is the British spelling, it's not a requirement to be American to work at the Smithsonian

8 years ago | Likes 62 Dislikes 1

The only requirement is that you are the son of a smith.

8 years ago | Likes 42 Dislikes 0

Yeah, but this guy is Harvey, not Ian.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Are you that desperate in trying to believe that this is real?

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 8

I am, I rather enjoyed reading it

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not at all I was just offering a rebuttal to the discussion

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And with a good point, too.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not just British, pretty much everywhere except USA.

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Yes but lexically the standard method for sorting English words are between Am E and Br E

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Not in Canada

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English is often divided by linguists into the two general categories of the British dialects (BrE) and those of North America (AmE).[232]

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