Re: As Is (was: Re: Concurrency)

Technically, I think they're all the same except for state.  'State'
technically means 'sovereign political entity'.  It's only a bizarre
twist of American History that's caused it to be used like 'province'
here.  The 'United States' was originally the name of the alliance
against Britain.  It was just that: an alliance of sovereign  states.
As time passed, however, the states lost power.  Nowadays, most
americans think of the word 'state' as meaning the same thing as
'province.'
-M

laokou wrote:

>
> {Aside: speaking of which, is there a real, significant (semantic?)
> difference between how states/provinces/prefectures/cantons are governed, or
> is it merely nuances in nomenclature?}
>

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