Re: CHAT: The EU expands (was Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy, Jackendoff and Matchboxes)

Joe scripsit:

> >Cyprus means Cyprus, which is bilingual. (There are probably some
> >Cypriots who would disagree, but that's the EU position as nearly as
> >I can tell.)
>
> Actually, they are.  All European laws will apply only to Greek Cyprus,

The current situation borders on the surreal.  All countries except
Turkey agree that the Greek Cypriot government is the only legitimate
government in and of Cyprus.  Therefore, it is Cyprus that has joined
the EU.  But the Turkish Cypriot area is not part of it, which means
that we now have the spectacle of an external border of the EU --
potentially subject to immigration and customs controls of the EU --
which is *inside* the legal territory of an EU member.

Bizarre.

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It was dreary and wearisome.  Cold clammy winter still held way in this
forsaken country.  The only green was the scum of livid weed on the dark
greasy surfaces of the sullen waters.  Dead grasses and rotting reeds loomed
up in the mists like ragged shadows of long-forgotten summers.
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