From: Peter Kirk (peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com)
Date: Mon Jul 28 2003 - 07:04:03 EDT
On 28/07/2003 03:53, jarkko.hietaniemi@nokia.com wrote:
>>Thanks for the corrections -- see I told you :-)
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>When was the next meeting of Pedants Anonymous again? :-)
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>>>England was never ruled by the French! Please!
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>I dunno, William Conqueror the Duke of Normandy sounds pretty French to me :-)
>(Of course it's a good question when do 'France' and 'French' begin.)
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Everyone who sounds French, because they speak French, is not French.
Ask any French speaking Canadian or Swiss, or any Swedish speaking Finn.
Perhaps if I suggest that Finland was once part of Russia, your response
might get Pedants Anonymous to send you an invitation. :-)
-- Peter Kirk peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
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