Wales is a country

On 28 Jan 2010 13:32:32 GMT, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote in post :
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Tim C.:

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:59:39 -0500, S Viemeister wrote in post :
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On 1/28/2010 3:18 AM, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote:

Whose definition of 'country' do you embrace?
And have terms like "countryside" and "country music" anything
to do with that?


And terms like 'nation' and 'state' should also be defined.

And things like "country music" should be abolished. :-)

Howdy, Tim!

You are now on my list of people who will be first against the wall when
the revolution comes. :-)

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Tim C.

On 28/01/2010 2:09 PM, Tim C. wrote:
On 28 Jan 2010 13:32:32 GMT, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote in post :
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Tim C.:

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:59:39 -0500, S Viemeister wrote in post :
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On 1/28/2010 3:18 AM, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote:

Whose definition of 'country' do you embrace?
And have terms like "countryside" and "country music" anything
to do with that?


And terms like 'nation' and 'state' should also be defined.

And things like "country music" should be abolished. :-)

Howdy, Tim!

You are now on my list of people who will be first against the wall when
the revolution comes. :-)


Will the public executions take place in Dollywood?
http://www.dollywood.com/

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JohnT

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:15:14 +0000, JohnT wrote in post :
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On 28/01/2010 2:09 PM, Tim C. wrote:
On 28 Jan 2010 13:32:32 GMT, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote in post :
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Tim C.:

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:59:39 -0500, S Viemeister wrote in post :
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On 1/28/2010 3:18 AM, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote:

Whose definition of 'country' do you embrace?
And have terms like "countryside" and "country music" anything
to do with that?


And terms like 'nation' and 'state' should also be defined.

And things like "country music" should be abolished. :-)

Howdy, Tim!

You are now on my list of people who will be first against the wall when
the revolution comes. :-)


Will the public executions take place in Dollywood?
http://www.dollywood.com/

You'll be next, matey!
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Tim C.

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:13:15 +0100, Martin wrote in post :
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On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:08:20 +0100, "Tim C." wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:04:35 -0800 (PST), Surreyman wrote in post :
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On 28 Jan, 11:50, "Tim C." wrote:
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On 28 Jan, 08:49, "Tim C." wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:02:36 +0000, JohnT wrote in post :
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On 27/01/2010 11:23 PM, Hatunen wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:43:22 +0000, JohnT
*wrote:

On 27/01/2010 10:20 PM, Cathy L wrote:
Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

More to the point, are you aware that there is no Country named Ireland?

Why do you say that? Is it something like there's no country
named Germany?

Geographically, it is of course a Country. Politically, it is divided
into 2 separate parts, both with different names, forms of government
and currencies. And, just like Germany from the late 40s to the late
80s, reunification seems to be a very distant prospect.

If you mean that Ireland as a country doesn't exist, but it's called Eire
or "the republic of Ireland" *then Germany doesn't exist.
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Tim C. *- Hide quoted text -

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Texas was once an independent nation, and now is not.

Was, isn't.

Wales was once an independent nation, and now is not.

Was and always will be :-)

Cymru am byth!

*About all I can remember is "dau peint o cwrw ac un pecyn crisps, os
gwelwch yn dda". * :-)

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Tim C. *- Hide quoted text -

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Is that on Welsh TV??!! :-))

:-)

My favourite was always "Tylldin bop Sais"!
(or similar - my Welsh depends on 50-year-old misremembered speech I'm
afraid!).

Surrey(ex-Caerphilly)man

I did 1 hour a week in the first year at Swansea. Back in 1978.

Community service?

:-) I enjoyed it actually. It's a bit weird to start with but eventually
the grammar sort of makes sense. Or it did at the time, but then the
classes were next to the student union bar and Marsten's Pedigree was 30p a
pint.

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Tim C.

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:11:53 +0100, Martin wrote in post :
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On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:15:14 +0000, JohnT wrote:

On 28/01/2010 2:09 PM, Tim C. wrote:
On 28 Jan 2010 13:32:32 GMT, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote in post :
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Tim C.:

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:59:39 -0500, S Viemeister wrote in post :
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On 1/28/2010 3:18 AM, Erick T. Barkhuis wrote:

Whose definition of 'country' do you embrace?
And have terms like "countryside" and "country music" anything
to do with that?


And terms like 'nation' and 'state' should also be defined.

And things like "country music" should be abolished. :-)

Howdy, Tim!

You are now on my list of people who will be first against the wall when
the revolution comes. :-)


Will the public executions take place in Dollywood?
http://www.dollywood.com/

"If you have a genuine, friendly attitude and enjoy interacting with interesting
people in a fun-filled environment while ensuring that our guests have a great
visit, working at Dollywood could be for you." ... as an executioner.

It would be the perfect place. :-)
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Tim C.

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:50:15 +0100, Martin wrote in post :
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Back in the days when you didn't need to pay 8/- to post a letter.

Letters?

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Tim C.

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:00:07 +0100, Martin wrote in post :
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On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:43:21 +0100, "Tim C." wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:50:15 +0100, Martin wrote in post :
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Back in the days when you didn't need to pay 8/- to post a letter.

Letters?

New rate in old money.

I meant what are letters? I haven't written one for probably 10 years.
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Tim C.

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"Tim C." wrote:

And things like "country music" should be abolished. :-)

Particularly on an international list 8-) Now if we could just abolish
"country music". . .

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Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo

In article ,
Hatunen wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:43:22 +0000, JohnT
wrote:

On 27/01/2010 10:20 PM, Cathy L wrote:
Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales and
then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the UK,
like states in the U.S.?

More to the point, are you aware that there is no Country named Ireland?

Why do you say that? Is it something like there's no country
named Germany?

Well, the latter's name IS actually Bundesrepublik Deutschland, but then
the one I live in isn't named "America", but that's what it's called by
a real crowd of people.

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo

erilar:

In article ,
Hatunen wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:43:22 +0000, JohnT
wrote:

On 27/01/2010 10:20 PM, Cathy L wrote:
Funny, we are taking a bus trip to England, Scotland, and Wales
and then by car around Ireland.

I wonder how many people in the world even know that Wales is a
country. Are they actually countries or are they states of the
UK, like states in the U.S.?

More to the point, are you aware that there is no Country named
Ireland?
Why do you say that? Is it something like there's no country
named Germany?

Well, the latter's name IS actually Bundesrepublik Deutschland, but
then the one I live in isn't named "America", but that's what it's
called by a real crowd of people.

Still, Germany is an interesting example.
The direct translation of 'country' is "Land" (in German, in Dutch and
perhaps in other languages). A "country" is not a state or a nation.
Now, the nation of Germany is the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, a
Federation of "Länder" (Saxony, Bavaria, Saarland, Hessen, you name 'm).
Are those "Länder" also "countries"?


And to be on-topic: would you travel to any of them? :-)


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Erick