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(...) I think they are the Ubangi and some other tribes, and no, I think you got the noun exactly opposite: America is the country, Americans are the people. Note the (s) after Central African - cut and pasted exactly as written ("Noun:" that (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) So technically they share exactly the same problem as Americans: the noun refers purely to geography, not the people. You are not alone!... :-) Pedro (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I stand corrected (I checked since for Portuguese too, in which case both terms can be used; traditionally, we did not refer to a separation between the two continents - now we apparently do) (...) That was before I was born! (J.B. Bokassa was (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Hijacking of hte English Language was: Re: Liberal Media (was Bush Knew?)
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Christopher Weeks wrote in message ... (...) with (...) our (...) of (...) Especially since the Canadian mint has already done it :-) Kevin ---...--- NEW shopping mall kit, 1328 pieces! (URL) Lego Building contest results: (URL) Lego parts store: (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ROFLMAO!!! Jude (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I thought that was about alien abduction. Dave! (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Reality doesn't suck; it just predates Trudeau. :) (URL) postal code has been H0H 0H0 for more than 20 years, and for the last 18 years, postal volunteers help Santa answer his mail; last year over 1 million letters were answered in 26 (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Hijacking of hte English Language was: Re: Liberal Media (was Bush Knew?)
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(...) Have you ever read Clive Cussler's _Night Probe!_? :) Steve (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) USians is the one I usually hear. (YooEssian) (...) No; America is "place of Amerigo;" if you have two continents, they become "the places of Amerigo," or "Americas." I guess maybe by the rules of Latin it might be "Americae" but I think (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Central African(s). Bruce (no, really, I looked it up <g>) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Space Boys! YOU ARE GO... for Brickfest!
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(...) Not currently in touch with your femine side, eh, Mark? ;) -Dave (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Hijacking of hte English Language was: Re: Liberal Media (was Bush Knew?)
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(...) I came up with this great idea the other day. We should release quarters with the Canadian provinces the way we're doing with American states. It was a silly conversation, but I was just imagining the uproar (from all sides) if our mint (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Perhaps it needed <satire> </satire> tags around it... ROSCO (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I was referring to strangers in the theater. Pleasanton, CA if it matters. The person I went with liked the movie a lot more than I did -- she chose the film on a regular screen over my preference for seeing Spider-Man on an IMAX screen. O (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What a bunch of fuddy-duddies you went with. Everyone cheered at that scene when I went (it helps to tag along with my eleven year old to get me through scenes with Jar-Jar or Hayden Christensen). Moreover, that is probably the best liked (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Carrion? ;-) John (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:GwurB7.GE5@lugnet.com... (...) I don't get it - the picture he is trying to paint is that Lucas has introduced pro-black elements and painted them evil or am I reading that wrong? His first (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I've finally made enough aluminum bricks to start selling them. For product info, go to: (URL) if you want some cool wallpapers, go here: (URL) by late next week, I'll be making some into keychains and engraving them. Enjoy! --Bram Bram Lambrecht (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek) !!
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(...) Yeah, but the point where Anakin resolves to take revenge is one where he actually has a motive (mostly he's fed up with his duty or trying to talk pretty.) It's one of the things that really worked in the movie. Why exactly Padme looks twice (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (Note: there are other nations with "United States" on their name: Brazil is oficcially "Federative Republic of the United States of Brazil". Obviously, they call themselves brazilians) (...) I dispute the term - isn't there a single America (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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