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I can't remember who it was who pointed out the fatuousness of the habit of saying "London, England" - so we don't get confused with London, Ontario?!!?
Zackley my point. Any good style manual will tell you to avoid Paris, France (unless you wish to differentiate it from Paris, Texas) for the obvious reasons of space considerations and respect for the reader's intelligence.
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the fatuousness of the habit of saying "London, England" - so we don't get confused with London, Ontario?!!?
Depends on the context--if a national news article mentions "London", we can safely assume that it is in England. But if it is casual conversation here, with no lead-in context, we Kentuckians have to specify, because there is a London, KY, and a Paris, KY! Also a Monkey's Eyebrow and a few other interesting place-names.
And--this IS the twentieth century, because it IS! The 21st one won't start till 1-1-01! GRR!
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Here in Georgia we have a Vienna - pronounced VY-enna *helpful look*
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>here in Georgia... AS, which Georgia would that be? p.s. - I'm so glad that *both ambiguities have now been alluded to... [this place is so much fun] p.p.s. - don't y'all know that all that misguided hype applied to 2000 and the new millennium will be applied all over again to 2001? (is this a great century or what?) [is this a great country or what?]
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[is this a great country or what?]tsuwm, which country would that be?
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Oh, you-all, I love it!! Tsuwm, you have skipped over Kentucky and jumped into the Deep South with your "y'all".
Just another twig on the fire: this is a great county, too!
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misguided hype applied to 2000 and the new millennium will be applied all over again to 2001?
Reminds me of the now-continous hype of Olympic competition, updates, vies for hosting, etc. Oh, do the 2000 games begin soon? I thought they began 8 years ago?
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don't y'all know that all that misguided hype applied to 2000 and the new millennium will be applied all over again to 2001? (is this a great century or what?)
Well I enjoyed the film. Any plans for it to be re-released or is it going to be shown ad nauseam on TV?
PS. Jmh and anyone else from Britain of the right vintage, do you remember there being a carpet cleaner called 2001? Is it still being made? Is it still called that?
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>Jmh and anyone else from Britain of the right vintage, do you remember there being a carpet cleaner called 2001? Is it still being made? Is it still called that?
And what vintage would that be? As a mere spring chicken in these parts I am gald to report that I am holding said carpet cleaner in my left hand whilst tpying with my right - sorry to dissapoint but it is called 1001 - for uses, I suspect, not the year. Unless they are counting backwords and I missed out on the 2001 version. You might be thinking of the much loved moment in the Kubrick film where they got out the Bex Bissell and the carpet shampoo!
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