Re: CHAT: geographical nomenclature [was Re: Language of Tetril]
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 15, 2001, 9:32 |
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Quoting Padraic Brown <agricola@...>:
> > Besides, there probably *are* people who wouldn't know what country
> > Paris is in. :-(
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> Yes. There are also people (in the US) who probably don't
> know what country their own hometown is in.
Relatedly, on the US Census returns, I've always wondered what
motivated people to put "American" for their ancestry. (Certainly
some people just don't know; but isn't there a "don't know"
box?)
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