Re: The irredentist Hooo
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 5, 2003, 19:10 |
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 12:20:27 -0400,
John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> I got one of those annoying random-subject spams today with the subject
> line "Re: irredentist Hooo". In case anyone is looking for an idea, they
> might consider the Hoooo, whose language has quadruple-length vowels
> and are looking to reclaim the territory they lost long ago to the
> neighboring countries.
First of all, we have no evidence for quadruple-length vowels,
only triple-length ones, and secondly, it seems to be about
territories where Hooo is spoken, but that has never been part
of the fledgling Hooo nation-state. (The original historical
irredentism was about Italian-speaking territory outside the
Kingdom of Italy, which did not exist before 1860. The territory
in question had never been part of the kingdom before.)
Cum grano salis,
Jörg.
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