Re: FW: RE: Effects Of Rising Sea Level (was: Re: Transferring Wealth)

[Julia Thompson]

Hi, I'm going back through stuff from around the time I went to the
hospital to have my baby.  I'll try to get caught up in responses within a
week or so....

On Thu, 24 May 2001, Robert Shaw wrote:

> The Netherlands doesn't quite sound like a country name either.
> Countries don't normally get definite articles in modern English and
> Netherlands is plural, not a suitable name for a single entity.

Saying "The United States" doesn't seem to bother folks....

:)

        Julia