Bill crowed triumphant:
Here is a URL to annoy CK: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr19.htmlI'm pretty hard to annoy generally and this url annoys me ever so slightly for only one reason: I can't see why I'm supposed to be annoyed. It was an interesting link.
Que pasa, Bill?
Wow was, I'm sure, right about macaroni. Macaronis were dandies of the weirdest kind, and the usage of the word in that sense in the "official" version of the song seems to be confirmed by the "Yankee Doodle Dandy" line.
I remember reading something about the War of Independence years ago which suggested that it was more of a civil war than a war against a foreign oppressor/aggressor. It had all of the ingredients of a civil war - families divided, scores being paid off, that kind of thing. In some areas, it was suggested, the British were almost incidental to events rather than the main event themselves. I don't really know a hell of a lot about the minutiae of that period. What do you USns think?
