Re: OT: Notice of Revocation of Independence
| From: | Your Name <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 12, 2004, 4:53 |
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> <P align=left>Mark J. Reed wrote:</P>
> <P align=left><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif">> 7.
Declare war on Quebec and France, using nukes if they give you
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> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial>You know, you can't
make United-Statians(you'll never make me call them by the
word they stole to the whole continent)
Hmm... You know, when I was taught the continents, I could've sworn they
told me seven: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America,
Australia and Antarctica. None of those are 'America', so I'm not sure
where you're talking about. I check an English-language dictionary, and
it gives the US as the primary definition of America. And I even look at
which country I come from, and I think it's the only one where the
conventional short-form is the same as the name of the continent it's
on. As we've established, it isn't America.
> attack Québec(it needs an accent) for two reasons:
(a) I notice the irony. Seeing as I doubt you do, I'll point it out: One
time you forbid the use of the word the people use for themselves, and
the other you mandate the use of the word the people use for themselves.
How odd.
(b) No word used in English 'needs' accents. They're there for
prettiness but nothing else. Different languagse might have different
words, but 'Quebec' is the English name for the province.
> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial>First, it is not a country, it is a
province.
Erm... The quote you quoted never said Quebec was a country. In fact, i
don't think _anyone_ said Quebec was a country. I think most poeple are
sensible enough to know that.
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Tristan.
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