Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

 --- 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

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