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Re: Cants

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Sunday, December 14, 2003, 20:08
--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:

> That might be a be all well and good for a > definition "empire" in the > imperialistic sense, but use of the title > "emperor" does not necessarily imply > a such. Tokugawa Japan, for instance, can > hardly be described as > imperialistic; yet westerners have been > perfectly happpy to render _tenno_ > as "emperor" (and for that matter, in older > material, also _shogun_).
And besides, they still háve an emperor! Padraic. ===== la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .

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