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Re: CHAT: R: Re: CHAT: Yorkshire/Texas (was: dl)

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Monday, April 30, 2001, 23:04
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> >BTW, it does the same with the Netherlands: Les Pays-Bas sont un royaume. Does >English use plural or singular in this case? I think I remember singular... >
I would probably say "The Low Countries are a kingdom". But aren't the Low Countries more than one country? Anyway, a curious contrast to the "United States is"! Padraic.
>Christophe.