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Ashley Posted Jul 12, 2000
This word is a personal bugbear of mine. It is simple enough to remember but last night, on a TV programme the used the 'Monacoan'. It's an area of the continent that I know well and the people deserve to labelled in the correct way.
anyway end of my rant 
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J'au-æmne Posted Jul 12, 2000
Of all the things I've read today that surprised me least. I knew you were the orginiator of that word.
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Demon Drawer Posted Jul 12, 2000
Just as long as nobody strats to try and label the residents around here. It's all to confusing. Me I happily accept being Irish, as I was born on this Island, British, as I was born in the United Kingdom, or Ulsterman, as I was born in the nine counties which make up the ancient Northern Province of Ulster. 
I just don't think that people should make such a big deal about it. Me I enjoy the fact that I have dual nationality and passports.
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J'au-æmne Posted Jul 12, 2000
But nationality has always been terribly important to people, and native language, too. I don't know that its something ppl can help...
(British by birth, international by ancestry)
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Demon Drawer Posted Jul 12, 2000
It the point of having to parade it in the face of the vanquished 310 years ago that gets me though. I was reading a report about the first contentious parade this evening in New York in 1871.
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Demon Drawer Posted Jul 12, 2000
If you want to read about it I've found the link.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk//today/jul12/Features/massacre.ncml
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Ashley Posted Jul 13, 2000
Interesting link.
There's a new book out - I'll dig the title out from somewhere.
Oh, new word again
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J'au-æmne Posted Jul 13, 2000
good word...
..btw I notice I'm listed as a researcher for the mars entry but it doesn't seem to have come up on my page...
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Demon Drawer Posted Jul 13, 2000
I wonder if he was aiming it at any reseacher's in particular.
Anyway, nice to see I got an article apporved in conjuction with you Crusader.
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J'au-æmne Posted Jul 14, 2000
*sits with glass of spiced berry cordial & wiaits for today's word*
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J'au-æmne Posted Jul 14, 2000
... which I don't possess...
I wasn't trying to hurry you- this drink's nice... would you like some?
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Demon Drawer Posted Jul 14, 2000
It's probably the rapscallion in you shining through Crusader.
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Ashley Posted Jul 14, 2000
I have a very funny story to explain this word.
I took Eduardo (the Brazilian I was dating but no longer - he's far too young) any way we are still friends and he came to meet my folks for Sunday lunch.
After lunch my father and I were discussing the Protectorate of Cromwell when the question of the order of the monarchs came up. Anyway, we got the order wrong and my dad said
"phone your grumps (nickname for Grandma"
No remember this lady is in her late nineties. I asked her the order of the monarchs of England and she gave them all from the Saxons to the Windsors. Asking me why I wanted to know, Itold her about Eduardo etc. She then said,
"My, you little rapscallion - Is he gorgeous?", at which point the whole room erupted in laughter, Eduardo blushed and grumps hung up.
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Demon Drawer Posted Jul 14, 2000
Just to contextualise the quoate it was 12:30 am in the UK and there had been American's on line. The who cares bit was directed at the 5 or so Brits still at the party as we attacked tha alcohol supply and were having a good time.
BTW Some of my best friends are American's I even was Best man for a wedding in Michighan some years back. 
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