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Rick Jelliffe scripsit:
> Though perhaps that 1 cent topic is a symptom of a person from one
> post-colonial country weary of the inescapable influence of another
> country. A hundred billion dollar topic!
Hmm. Is the U.S. a post-colonial country too? AFAICT, the English
have never thrown off the Norman yoke, either, even if their monarchs
are a bunch of Germans.
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
--_The Hobbit_
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