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Re: [conculture] CHAT: con-this'n'that
From: John Cowan <[email protected]>
Lars Henrik Mathiesen scripsit:
> I assume Charles' father will be Phil the Greek, just like *here.*
Not what I had in mind.
> why should he give up his Greek titles *there?* (He used to be 4th or
> so in line to the Greek throne, which was still a going concern when
> he suddenly gave it all up to marry a girl called Lizzie).
He did that *there* too, although a different Lizzie (Plantagenet).
Instead of an oldest son Charles, they had an oldest daughter Diana.
> BTW, what is the status of the European nations *there?* Just like
> *here?*
We don't really know. France had a Revolution and a Napoleon, and they
have a Republic now, at least in name (it may in fact be some sort of
dictatorship).
The inch-pound measurement system and the pounds/shillings/pence currency
have remained standard throughout Europe, though hopefully at least the
former has been the subject of international standardization.
--
John Cowan [email protected]
e'osai ko sarji la lojban.
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