Re: OT: Notice of Revocation of Independence

Paul> Not only had I actually seen it before, it was originally circulated back
Paul> when there actually *was* a reasonable doubt over who had been elected --

Now, now, it didn't say that there was any doubt over the result.  It
said that we failed to make the correct decision.  That is, of course,
an opinion shared by slightly less than half of the US population, or at
least the voting ones.

Paul> I am restricted by my
Paul> own insistence on greater adherence to a certain guideline from going on
Paul> at any length about what I interpret as the probable reasons for it having
Paul> been redistributed after the 2004 result was in.

It seems pretty clear that it was distributed because it was deemed apropos,
since from what I've read most folks in the UK also share
the opinion that we elected the wrong guy.  So a reprimand from that
direction makes sense.  Plus, of course, it's funny.

salut> You know, you can't make United-Statians

I tend to use "United-Statesian", but it is awkward either way.
"Usanian" /ju'sein.i,n=/ maybe... one of the things I like about E-o is
that it has a non-acronymic name for this place and therefore a
regularly-derived name for us inhabitants.

salut> attack Qu�bec (it needs an accent) for two reasons:

Yeah, I'm pretty sure everyone on the list knows how to spell Qu�bec,
and even pronounce it correctly to a reasonable approximation.  We
are linguaphiles by nature, after all.  Of course, most of us also know
how to send plain-text email, in which ASCII is preferred over Latin-1,
which is the minimum requirement for putting accents anywhere.

In any case, you can relax.  Even with Bush's noted hawkish tendencies I
really don't anticipate any attack on Canada - or any of her provinces -
nuclear or otherwise.

And look around under your desk, under your cushions, etc, and see if
you can find your sense of humor.

-Marcos

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