On Feb 7, 8:30*am, Janet > wrote:
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> > S Viemeister > wrote in news:9pcvfcFo8pU2
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> > > On 2/7/2012 10:42 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
> > >> "I'm back on the > *wrote in
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> > >>>> Except for the fact that it's not in the US, so *it can't be
> > >>>> "that part of the country".
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> > >>> Yes, I can understand your parochialism..... but hey!! you're
> > >>> all part of the same big Island!!
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> > >> Hardly parochialism. *Do you consider Honduras or Guatemala to be
> > >> par of the same big island? *Of course you don't. *And PEI is an
> > >> island on its own so it can't be part of a bigger island...SNAP!
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> > > I get annoyed by people thinking Scotland is part of England - they're
> > > on the same island...
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> > Scotland *IS* a part of the same Island England is,,,,,, *get over it..
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> * *But they are different countries. Like Canada and the USA are different
> countries on the same continent.
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Not since 1707. Unless you want to argue that the US is 49 different
countries on the same continent.