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Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

From:bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 10:51
 --- John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote: >
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
> > > Well, most Americans wouldn't either to my > knowledge, while most Europeans can > > situate Paris and Prague. Also, Paris and Prague > are country capitals, not St. > > Louis nor Chicago, so you cannot compare > > Indeed, they aren't even state (= provincial) > capitals. With the exception > of Boston, Massachusetts, the large city in a state > is almost never the > capital:
even in england, if you asked someone where boston was, they'd quite possibly say massachusetts of course, the answer is lincolnshire bn ===== bnathyuw | landan | arR stamp the sunshine out | angelfish your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com