On 27/07/2003 20:46, John Cowan wrote:
Frank da Cruz scripsit:
This sort of thing is endlessly fascinating to (some of) us Americans,
whose concepts of nation and state are so simplistic :-) Here's
my attempt to sort it out:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/postal.html#uk
It is in constant
Thanks for the corrections -- see I told you :-)
When was the next meeting of Pedants Anonymous again? :-)
England was never ruled by the French! Please!
I dunno, William Conqueror the Duke of Normandy sounds pretty French to me :-)
(Of course it's a good question when do 'France' and
On 28/07/2003 04:31, Michael Everson wrote:
The Normans of course were frankified Norsemen.
(My word. Apparently francized would be used in Québec; frencify
occurs but is apparently often derog..)
Thanks, Michael. Of course I could have suggested to Jarkko to ask an
English speaking Irish
At 04:58 -0700 2003-07-28, Peter Kirk wrote:
On 28/07/2003 04:31, Michael Everson wrote:
The Normans of course were frankified Norsemen.
(My word. Apparently francized would be used in
Québec; frencify occurs but is apparently
often derog..)
Thanks, Michael. Of course I could have
suggested
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On 28/07/2003 03:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the corrections -- see I told you :-)
When was the next meeting of Pedants Anonymous again? :-)
England
Everyone who sounds French, because they speak French, is not French.
Ask any French speaking Canadian or Swiss, or any Swedish
speaking Finn.
If a duke living in (arguably) French territory (he was a vassal of the king of France)
and speaking (arguably) French crosses the Channel and gets
On 28/07/2003 05:34, Karljürgen Feuerherm wrote:
Well:
1. Most francophone Canadians do *not* sound 'French'--trust me
2. I'm a 'French-speaking Canadian' and if you asked me, I'd tell you I was
French. Because I am. So you can't ask 'any '
(my contribution to this pedantic thread)
K
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On 28/07/2003 06:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Everyone who sounds French, because they speak French, is not French.
Ask any French speaking Canadian or Swiss, or any Swedish
speaking Finn.
If a duke living in (arguably) French territory (he was a vassal of the king of
France)
and speaking
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On 28/07/2003 05:34, Karljürgen Feuerherm wrote:
Well:
1. Most francophone Canadians do *not* sound 'French'--trust me
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On 28/07/2003 05:34, Karljürgen Feuerherm wrote:
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England was never ruled by the French! Please!
1066 and all that stuff !
I dunno, William Conqueror
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The Normans of course were frankified Norsemen.
On their father's side apparently (well, great-grand-father's side since
Rollon received Normandy as a fiefdom in 911 from Charles le Simple, king of
the Franks and became one
Patrick Andries scripsit:
Patrick Andries
(Irish and Dutch forms of Latin and Greek roots !)
The _English_ form of the Irish form _Padraig_ Latin patricius. Go figure.
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free-range chickens (except they have
AFAIK, Finland was not part of Russia, but the Emperor of Russia was also
Grand Duke of Finland, i.e. it was a personal union of the two states.
Jony
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On 28/07/2003 12:02, Jony Rosenne wrote:
AFAIK, Finland was not part of Russia, but the Emperor of Russia was also
Grand Duke of Finland, i.e. it was a personal union of the two states.
Jony
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At 11:47 -0700 2003-07-28, Peter Kirk wrote:
So if Finland was part of Russia, Canada is part
of England. How do you like that one,
Karljürgen? Should I expect an imminent French
(Canadian) invasion?
I thought Québec wanted to join the EU
(Ducks again.)
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If Québec joined the EU, that pretty much would amount to an invasion of the
entire EU
K
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At 11:47 -0700 2003-07-28, Peter Kirk wrote
Frank da Cruz scripsit:
This sort of thing is endlessly fascinating to (some of) us Americans,
whose concepts of nation and state are so simplistic :-) Here's
my attempt to sort it out:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/postal.html#uk
It is in constant need of revision and refinement.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:28:30 +0100, Michael Everson wrote:
Presumably the name of the U.K. would change, however.
Why? It would be the United Kingdom of Great Britain, which comprises
England, Scotland, Wales, and the Duchy of Cornwall.
United Kingdom of Great Britain as opposed to the
United Kingdom of Great Britain as opposed to the present United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The whishful misnomer United
Kingdom of course refers to the union of the erstwhile independant kingdoms
of England (including the principality of Wales and various other
On 26/07/2003 11:10, Frank da Cruz wrote:
This sort of thing is endlessly fascinating to (some of) us Americans,
whose concepts of nation and state are so simplistic :-) Here's
my attempt to sort it out:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/postal.html#uk
It is in constant need of revision and
Thanks for the corrections -- see I told you :-)
Queen Victoria was of course Empress of India, not Emperor. No other
British monarch had that title.
It's printed on coins of Edward VII:
http://hiwaay.net/~hfears/UK/ed7/P_1902.htm
and George V:
On 26/07/2003 13:36, Frank da Cruz wrote:
Thanks for the corrections -- see I told you :-)
Queen Victoria was of course Empress of India, not Emperor. No other
British monarch had that title.
It's printed on coins of Edward VII:
http://hiwaay.net/~hfears/UK/ed7/P_1902.htm
and George
Changing (and worse, recycling) 3166 Alpha-2 codes puts us in mind of
all sorts of database-related disasters, but that's not all. Think of:
. Top-level Internet domains. Imagine the possibilities for spoofing
during the transition period.
. Postal-code country prefixes, which are
Frank da Cruz wrote:
Changing (and worse, recycling) 3166 Alpha-2 codes puts us in mind of
all sorts of database-related disasters, but that's not all. Think of:
. Top-level Internet domains. Imagine the possibilities for spoofing
during the transition period.
. Postal-code country
At 15:46 -0400 2003-07-25, John Cowan wrote:
When the United Kingdom hands back Northern Ireland to Ireland
in 2052, then obviously the numeric codes of both countries will have to
change, but not the codes for the names.
Presumably the name of the U.K. would change, however.
Why? It would be
On 25/07/2003 13:28, Michael Everson wrote:
At 15:46 -0400 2003-07-25, John Cowan wrote:
When the United Kingdom hands back Northern Ireland to Ireland
in 2052, then obviously the numeric codes of both countries will
have to
change, but not the codes for the names.
Presumably the name of
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