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- From: pky@fmg.bt.co.uk (Pete Young)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: Re: Palestine.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.150622.2065@fmg.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 15:06:22 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.123709.24837@parc.xerox.com>
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- Paul Dourish (dourish@EuroPARC.Xerox.COM) wrote:
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- : Abergavenny and Pontefract appear to have moved to England in some
- : curious freak geological accident! I bet they're both *really* pissed
- : off, too.
-
- The last time I looked, Pontefract (as Dave rightly said, pronounced
- `Pomfret') was in Yorkshire, where it has always been. Most people
- regard Yorkshire as being in England.
-
- : Peeve: People who can't tell the difference between the nations of the
- : United Kingdom. These people are largely American or English,
-
- Peeve: People who can't be bothered to get their facts straight.
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