Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 20:12:18 +0000 From: Paul Temple <Paultemple@ecologycal.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2445$foo@default> Subject: Re: Re: Field trip
>It is a legacy left to us by the British who colonized the region a
while back.
>We left the name in place to avoid adding to the confusion they had
caused,
>and sent them home some time back in the 1700's.
Aha! But Kevin, you obviously never realised that in our conquest of
the world (well almost all of it) we anticipated set backs and therefore
sowed the seeds for further confusion. :-}
As you know, we returned home (we'll never admit to being sent back!)
for tea. :-}
Chau
Paul (with apologies to those who get steamed up about off-subject
stuff)
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