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Re: CHAT: national identity

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Monday, May 17, 1999, 21:19
> Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 16:32:02 -0400 > From: John Cowan <cowan@...>
> Be pretty surprising if you didn't have one already. Most Europeans > (Americans, Australians, etc. etc.) are descended from Charlemagne.
Well, of course. I thought you (or the Carolingian restorationists) meant a traceable descent, however, through some Frankish noble house. Come to think of it, the father of current Prince Consort here is Count de Laborde de Monpezat --- perhaps it's part of a plot. Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)