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From: kathleen@casbs.Stanford.EDU (Kathleen Much)
Subject: Re: london, england
Organization: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Distribution: soc
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:04:43 GMT

In article <1993Jan16.182102.1@vxdesy.desy.de> godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de writes:
>> 
>> Here's a question for you: why does the average North American say
>> "London, England"  (see the title of this posting)?  Do they
>> think we'll misunderstand and think they're referring to "London,
>> Ontario"?   
>
>I believe, for what it's worth, that there is a London, Connecticut also.
>Speaking as someone who has visited Mars, Penn (I think it was Pensyl anyway)
>and singularly failed to open an account at the bank there, I must say that
>the American placenames are frequently optimistic and perhaps a little
>inappropriate (Rome, New York; Jericho, New York; Geneva, Illinois  etc.)

Texas has Paris, Rome, Athens, Palestine; Alabama has Birmingham;
Illinois has Cairo and Vienna; Pennsylvania has York and Lancaster as
well as Mars; Wisconsin has Berlin.  And last week some poor tourist
got off a plane in San Jose, CA, and wondered why everyone was
speaking English when she had a ticket for San Jose, Puerto Rico.
(Last year some kid was halfway from Los Angeles to New Zealand when
he asked the attendant why it was taking so long to get to Oakland
[across the bay from San Francisco].  He had dutifully gone to the
gate announced for Auckland.)

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From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.drwho,rec.arts.tv.uk,alt.tv.prisoner
Subject: Re: I answer the challenge of Simon Patience #2
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 05:39:39 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:

- In article <RiygXB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
- >sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:
- >
- >- Dave Shariff Yadallee writes:
- >- >
- >- >Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
- >- > (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
- >- >God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
- >- >Birthdate: 29 Jan 1969, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
- >-
- >-
- >- Really, Dave, it is shameful to push for prezzies in this manner.
- >-
- >  You would pull that one off, eh, dolly.  Sorry, wrong on this occasion.
- >Still, you're always welcome up here, under some conditions.
- >-
-
- Then why did you add your birthdate to your .sig just weeks before
- the event?  You left just enough time for folks back in the old country
- to send you nice gifts by surface mail.
-
- Admit it!!
-
-
  I must do something about these delaysed post that we are getting.

Sue darling if that were the case, I would have put the addres in the sig.
Sorry, honey, WRONG AGAIN!!

Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
 (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
Birthdate: 29 Jan 1969, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,alt.usage.english
From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Organization: The Cat Factory
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:19:58 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.030157.15946@watson.ibm.com> yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:

}To satisfy my curiosity, what are other stereotypical American
}characteristics?  

We all speak with a nasal, south-eastern drawl.

The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp                "If you can't stand solitude,
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.   (310) 450-9111, x2483  perhaps others find you boring
Santa Monica, CA  90405                        as well."  -- Mark Twain
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: geoffl@kells.demon.co.uk (Geoff Landergan)
From: uad1189@dircon.co.uk (Dave Yadallee)
Subject: Re: I answer the challenge of Simon Patience #2
Reply-To: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 14:00:59 GMT

sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:

>Dave Shariff Yadallee writes:
>>sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:
>>
>>- In article <RiygXB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
>>- >sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:
>>- >
>>- >- Dave Shariff Yadallee writes:
>>- >- >
>>- >- >Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
>>- >- > (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
>>- >- >God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
>>- >- >Birthdate: 29 Jan 1969, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
>>- >-
>>- >-
>>- >- Really, Dave, it is shameful to push for prezzies in this manner.
>>- >-
>>- >  You would pull that one off, eh, dolly.  Sorry, wrong on this occasion.
>>- >Still, you're always welcome up here, under some conditions.
>>- >-
>>-
>>- Then why did you add your birthdate to your .sig just weeks before
>>- the event?  You left just enough time for folks back in the old country
>>- to send you nice gifts by surface mail.
>>-
>>- Admit it!!
>>-
>>-
>>  I must do something about these delaysed post that we are getting.
>>
>>Sue darling if that were the case, I would have put the addres in the sig.
>>Sorry, honey, WRONG AGAIN!!
>>
>
>Wrong again!  Oh No!  
>
>So then, why are you telling us your birth date and birth place
>in your .signature?  

Sorry, dolly, but that's a professional secret!!
Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )

 (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)

God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!

Birthdate: 29 Jan 1969, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
From: gl_a214@titan.kingston.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: london, england
Date: 27 Jan 93 20:23:02 GMT
Organization: Kingston University
NNTP-Posting-Host: tamara.king.ac.uk

In article <1993Jan25.230253.20230@clts1.comlab.ox.ac.uk>, Geraint.Jones@comlab.oxford.ac.uk (Geraint Jones) writes:
>
> 
> Except that Cumberland and bits of Lancashire are quite 
> as far West as Somerset and well west of Goucestershire			g
> ___
> But then Cumberland is no more England than is Cornwall.
   
   Not true! England's geographical boundaries have changed very little since
the Saxons colonized it(although places like Monmouthshire are an exception).
Cornwall is less English than Cumberland - although the name itself means is
derived from the same root name as the word `Cymry' - the Welsh word meaning
countrymen(as opposed to the foreigners - Saxons).
Cumberland(now incorporated into the county of Cumbria) was subjected to a
larger scale colonization than Cornwall,by the simple fact that it(Cornwall) is
bounded by a river,clearly marking the boundary whilst Cumberland.

Saying this though, the further north you go, the more the Saxon influence
diminishes - Mercia was a Saxon Kingdom(The English Midlands) which eventually
came under Danelaw when the Vikings overran the North of England.

Steve Wade



Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.french,soc.culture.europe
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Subject: International Software Assignments
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,alt.usage.english
From: pelton@ecf.toronto.edu (PELTON MATTHEW ALAN)
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:26:11 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.182449.1280@mala.bc.ca> epp@mala.bc.ca (Lorne Epp) writes:
>In article <1993Jan22.030456.31470@watson.ibm.com>, yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:
>> In article <C184s6.G6J@demon.co.uk> gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
>>>In article <1993Jan21.170629.31421@watson.ibm.com> yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:
>>>:(or the British "How do you do?") 
>>>
>>>I trust our American readers are aware that the correct response to 'how do
>>>you do.' is another 'how do you you do.'  It's not a question, and anyone
>>>who answers 'very well thank you' is immediately marked as beyond the pale.
>>>
>>>G
>> 
>> If, indeed, it is not a question, then would it not be simpler to merely
>> say "hello"?
>
>But isn't "hello" just a contraction of "how the hell are ya"?
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Lorne Epp                                               epp@mala.bc.ca
  
  No.  It's a contraction of "God be with you."



Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: jac54@cas.org ()
Subject: Re: Succession Order?
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:32:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.211949.15242@pony.Ingres.COM> cmorris@Ingres.COM (Colin Morris) writes:
>In article <1993Jan20.202446.6991@cas.org> jac54@cas.org () writes:
>>In article <1993Jan20.174343.26153@osf.org> dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks) writes:
>>>jrowney@arco.com writes:
>>>>What is the current succesion order?
>>>
>>><sigh>
>>>
>>>Charles
>>>Wills
>>>Harry
>>>Andy
>>>Beetroot
>>>Ingenue        <-----------What about Geoffrey Boycott around here?
>
>Naah. Sir Geoffrey always opens so you'll either have to ask Charles
>to step down, or alternatively select Boycott as twelth man to carry
>on the drinks for the rest of the rabble.

	As twelfth man, he'd be moving a lot faster than he
	ever did as an opener.

	Alec
From: chrisc@biggus.moron.vware.mn.org (Chris Cox  W0/G4JEC)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: london, england
Date: 24 Jan 93 17:25:35 GMT
Organization: Twin Cities Metro Area Network, Minneapolis, MN

jmunro@wyse.wyse.com (Jim Munro x2497) writes:
> >In article <1993Jan19.140157.944@walter.cray.com> cmfb@cray.com (Chris Bone) writes:
> >>
> >>What always surprises me is how people (media-types and otherwise) refer to
> >>British newspapers as The London Times or The London Observer as if they
> >>were some London local paper.
> >
> 
> Its obviously intended to allow the discerning American readership
> to differentiate between London rags, and superior products from
> up North such as the Manchester Guardian!
> 
No, I don't think so.  It is probably so that American's know where the
paper comes from.  You see, a number of them believe that Britain is NEAR
London...  at least from personal experience that is the case.

	
-- 
73  Chris Cox  W0/G4JEC
chrisc@biggus.g4jec.tcman.ampr.org     chrisc@biggus.moron.vware.mn.org
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From: w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,uk.politics
Subject: Tony Benn to abolish monarchy
Date: 22 Jan 93 10:42:43 GMT
Reply-To: w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk
Organization: Chemical & Process Engineering Dept, University of Newcastle, UK.


  Tony Benn is to submit a private members bill to parliament
called something like "The Commonwealth of Great Britain Bill"

    Reports in the press have mentioned it includes such things
as
   disestablishment of the church of england,
   Northern Ireland leaving the UK,
   voting age lowering to 16,
   replacing the House of Lords by an elected House,
   replacing the monarch with a president.

   Does anyone know anything about his proposed new house of parliament
Is it to be a duplicate of the Commons?
Is it also to provide MP's for the government,
Is it meant to be elected by the same system (ie one member per local
    constituency, elected by first past the post)
From: mfriley@pacman.WPI.EDU (Margaret F Riley)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: london, england
Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:01:17 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: soc
NNTP-Posting-Host: pacman.wpi.edu

In article <1993Jan18.123118.6239@cas.org> jac54@cas.org () writes:
>In article <1993Jan16.182102.1@vxdesy.desy.de> godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de writes:
>>
>>I believe, for what it's worth, that there is a London, Connecticut also.
>>Speaking as someone who has visited Mars, Penn (I think it was Pensyl anyway)
>>and singularly failed to open an account at the bank there, I must say that
>>the American placenames are frequently optimistic and perhaps a little
>>inappropriate (Rome, New York; Jericho, New York; Geneva, Illinois  etc.)
>>
>>Laurence
>>
>	Gahanna, Ohio (remarkably appropriate)
>
>	Alec.

Intercourse, PA, which happens to be right down the road from Paradise.

Margaret

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From: achin@math.tamu.edu (Andrew Chin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,news.groups
Subject: REPOST: RFD: soc.culture.british.minorities
Date: 28 Jan 1993 02:28:00 GMT
Organization: Dept of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: math.tamu.edu
Originator: achin@math

We are now 15 days into our discussion period.  CFV will begin on
or about the 9th of February.


NEW GROUP PROPOSED:  soc.culture.british.minorities

STATUS:  unmoderated

CHARTER:  As Great Britain becomes increasingly multicultural, there
is an increasing need for discussion of race relations and the special
concerns of ethnic minorities.  This group is intended to be inclusive
of all perspectives and ethnicities (including the indigenous British)
and will serve as a forum for the examination of the condition and
identity of ethnic minorities in the UK, and the encouragement of
constructive social dialogue across cultural and racial boundaries.

The British USENET community, as a constituent of the "global village"
with a concentration in advanced industry and academia, has a particular
interest in multiculturalism and should find relevance in this newsgroup.
It should be noted that USENET groups exist for individual minority
groups in the United States (soc.culture.african.american,
soc.culture.asian.american), but minority issues in Britain are often
very different from those in America.  This proposal therefore should
be considered on its own merits rather than as a derivative of the
American approach.

If appropriate, a CFV will take place 30 days after the posting date
of this proposed newsgroup.

QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS are invited:  achin@dcs.kcl.ac.uk (Andrew Chin).

-- 
Andrew Chin    Dept. of Math.    Texas A&M U.    College Station, TX 77843
achin@math.tamu.edu   Probably not TAMU's exact opinions.   (409) 845-0261
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From: cah@jemima.bham.ac.uk (Ceri Hopkins)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: M1, M4, M5, M6 & M25 - How long are they?
Date: 19 Jan 93 18:13:31 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK

>>>>> On 16 Jan 93 17:43:40 GMT, s14258bc@UMASSD.EDU said:

Brian> Howdy folx:

Brian> Could anyone in the UK tell me how long the M1, M4, M5 and M6 are?
Brian> I know where they originate and end, but my best guesses are the 
Brian> following:

Brian> 	M1 (Brent Cross,GL-Leeds,N Yorks): 177 miles
Brian> 	M4 (Chiswick,GL-Camarthen, Gwent): 193 miles
Brian> 	M5 (Walsall, W Mids-Exeter, Dev): 148 miles
Brian> 	M6 (Rugby, Warw-Gretna Green, Cumbs): 233 miles

Brian> Also, how long is the London Orbital Motorway (M25)?  My best guess is 
Brian> about 72 miles from Dartford (Junction 1) to Junction 31.

What a bizarre question! Is this for a trivia quiz or what ;-) ? The
best source of reference would be a softback road atlas (costing about
a fiver, and updated fairly regularly) which gives a better overall
view of the British road network, and geography.

My question..

How many holes in Blackburn, Lancashire, these days?

Ceri
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From: w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Charles's DNA tested to prove not illigitimate
Date: 27 Jan 93 11:48:08 GMT
Reply-To: w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk
Organization: Chemical & Process Engineering Dept, University of Newcastle, UK.

jackson@soldev.tti.com (Dick Jackson) writes:

>Mr R J Tinsley writes: The fact remains that
>he (Rich III) was able to usurp the crown because noone was strong enough
>to stand up to him - not because the nobility were convinced by his
>arguments.

>I type: My history PhD friend says to interpret politics in the time
>of RIII as being like Chicago gang bosses of the 30's, viz. whoever
>could get the biggest gang became king (and made up reasons purely
>expediently).

>Apparently the kings and would-be kings did lead their
>gangs/armies into battle and take the chance of being slit up. Question:
>who was the first English monarch not to lead the English army in person?

  Maybe any of the female monarchs spring to mind (Jane I, MaryI, Eliz I,
and Mary II), I'm not sure about Matilda though.

    Don't forget Edgar Atheling, king very briefly between Harold
Godwinson and William I.


  the last monarch (to date) is much easier question.  It was one of
the early George's (mayber the II or III).

>Dick
From: fledgist@weber.ucsd.edu (Fragano Ledgister)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Charles's DNA tested to prove not illigitimate
Date: 26 Jan 1993 07:08:47 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu

In article <1993Jan24.213146.28193@samba.oit.unc.edu> ses@sunSITE.unc.edu (Simon Spero) writes:
>In article <C1CupJ.2BJ@newcastle.ac.uk> w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk writes:
>>billion pound tax free (well so far anyway) inheritence and he gets
>>to have his face on all the stamps and all the notes and coins 
>>produced by UK plc.
>
>
>I wonder if the Charles banknotes will have little  strings attached to them;
>he might even have a new coat of arms designed. Two cell-phones, crossed on
>a tampon rampant.

Shouldn't that be a tampon couchant. On a field gules, I imagine. 

I suppose he'd keep his present motto; it would be singularly
appropriate.

>
>One thought, which is now a little out of date- since Chuckie Egg is the 
>designated succesor to the head of state, doesn't that make him the royal
>equivalent of the late Dan Quayle?
>
>Simon
>-- 
Dan, alas, is not among the dear departed. He did, however, get the
sack. Charles has to chuck it in to achieve equivalency.

-- 
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She leans across the hilltop: see, the light!
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: jsykes@dadd.ti.com (Jonathan Sykes)
Subject: Re: Have a nice day!
Reply-To: jsykes@dadd.ti.com
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:45:46 GMT

>Yet it's company policy (no doubt from the US HQ!) and I'm sure the staff
>don't like it.

I think you'll find BK HQ is in England - I think they are UK owned now :-)

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,rec.arts.drwho,rec.arts.tv.uk,alt.tv.prisoner
From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
Subject: Re: I answer the challenge of Simon Patience #2
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:55:49 GMT

Dave Shariff Yadallee writes:
>sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:
>
>- In article <RiygXB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
>- >sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:
>- >
>- >- Dave Shariff Yadallee writes:
>- >- >
>- >- >Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
>- >- > (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
>- >- >God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
>- >- >Birthdate: 29 Jan 1969, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
>- >-
>- >-
>- >- Really, Dave, it is shameful to push for prezzies in this manner.
>- >-
>- >  You would pull that one off, eh, dolly.  Sorry, wrong on this occasion.
>- >Still, you're always welcome up here, under some conditions.
>- >-
>-
>- Then why did you add your birthdate to your .sig just weeks before
>- the event?  You left just enough time for folks back in the old country
>- to send you nice gifts by surface mail.
>-
>- Admit it!!
>-
>-
>  I must do something about these delaysed post that we are getting.
>
>Sue darling if that were the case, I would have put the addres in the sig.
>Sorry, honey, WRONG AGAIN!!
>

Wrong again!  Oh No!  

So then, why are you telling us your birth date and birth place
in your .signature?  
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,alt.usage.english
From: andrew@utopia.resntl.bhp.com.au (Andrew Lewis)
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Organization: BHP Research - Newcastle Laboratories
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 06:01:45 GMT

In article <baron.101.727718584@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, baron@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Baron) writes:
|> Have a nice day.
|> Hi, how are you?
|> 
|> Give me a break.  These are greetings--that's a technical term,
|> of course.
|> ...  Greetings
|> are about as close as anything linguistic to statements without
|> semantic content.  Which is not to say they are without function.

Their function can differ markedly depending on context. For example:
"Hi, how are you?" (when meeting in neutral surroundings) - I have
acknowledged you are here and are another live being capable of being
insulted if I ignore you like the furniture.
"Hi, how are you?" (on finishing other business, to a client/customer) - I am
now ready to serve you.
"Hi, how are you?" (on approaching someone unobserved out of doors) - I am
here - you may not have seen me but I am not about to mug you so I will
announce my presence.
"Hi, how are you?" (on approaching someone unobserved indoors) - I am
here - you may not have seen me so I will allay any suspicions about
spying on you by announcing my presence.

Can a statement with differing function of this sort be properly said to
have no semantic content?

BTW, I found the difference in function/meaning of honking car horns in Asia
and Australia amusing, or rather the confusion that can result. A fellow
traveller became quite huffy at the perceived "Get out of my bloody way!"
message (Australian content) when the Asian "This is a very narrow street,
I am travelling very slowly but you may not have seen or heard me in this crowd
so I will just let you know I am here and wait until you can make room for me"
was perhaps what was intended.

Andrew
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british