Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad (was Re: elves and jinn (...))

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> I was, in a jocular manner, pointing out that you wrote "Kalmar" (which is a
> city) where you ought to've written "the Union of Kalmar".
Ah, I see.

> I'm of course familiar with this usage [...]
One can never be too sure.  I once received a flame from someone who seemed
clearly to *agree* with my expressed position; it finally dawned on me that
he had understood the idiom "A, not to mention B" (meaning of course
"A and obviously also B") to mean "A but not B".

> > IB's Napoleon wasn't interested in Scandinavia (he was basically trying
> > to restore the Roman Empire), so Bernadotte was never a possibility.
>
> Please explain? Putting Bernadotte on the Swedish throne was certainly not
> Napoleon's idea - to my knowledge he did nothing to stop it or promote it.
Good point.  In any event, the IB-Swedes chose a union of the crowns rather than
the French Connection.

> > It's called Gadangmeland in IB.
>
> Cool.
Gadangmeland is an integral part of the SR in 2003, on the same footing as
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, the Faeroes, Sapme,
Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Rygen, Gjebaland, the Cruzan Islands,
Tranquebar, Frederiksnagore, the Nicobars, the Andamans, Mon, Tenasserim,
and Tsingtao.  New Sweden (Delaware *here*) and New Iceland (part of
Manitoba, Canada *here*) are affiliated members; the territories are the
Capital (Gothenburg), Svalbard, and Tristan da Cunha.

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