Re: Foreigner(s)

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:24:33 +0000, James Hogg
<Jas.Hogg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:11:05 -0700, Evan Kirshenbaum
<kirshenbaum@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Skitt" <skitt99@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

In Latvia, a country only slightly larger than Denmark,

Ignoring Greenland, I presume.

You remind me of the map of Portugal from the Salazar era, which
proudly proclaimed: "Portugal is not a small country":

http://purl.pt/11440/1/cc-381-r_JPG/cc-381-r_JPG_24-C-R0072/cc-381-r_0001_1_p24-C-R0072.jpg


By the way, Skitt might be interested in the treatment of the
Baltic states on that map. Lithuania is labelled as East Prussia.

And the whole island of Britian is Inglaterra (not Inglenouqui).

James
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