Re: CHAT: postcodes

Stephen Mulraney scripsit:

> > They answer only to the Duke of Normandy for the time being (viz.
> > Elizabeth II) whose ducal will is expressed through her Privy Council,
> > and their own States.
>
> What are their own states?
The local legislatures of Jersey and Guernsey (which latter includes not
only the Isle of Guernsey, but Sark, Alderney, and Herm as well) are known
as the States.  See http://www.gov.je and http://www.gov.gg respectively.

> And in what way is their answering to the
> Duke of Normandy provisional?
I should have said "the present Duke".  I am told that the loyal toast
takes the form "Here's to the Duke, God bless her!"

--
John Cowan    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan   <jcowan@...>
    "Any legal document draws most of its meaning from context. A telegram
    that says 'SELL HUNDRED THOUSAND SHARES IBM SHORT' (only 190 bits in
    5-bit Baudot code plus appropriate headers) is as good a legal document
    as any, even sans digital signature." --me

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