geni wrote:
On 11/17/05, charles matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
There you go, Ed. If you can't take francophones as part of 'us', that's your problem. I could think only of two other examples, Saint-Pierre et/and Miquelon, which has gone with 'and', and Reunion, which has compromised as RĂ©union, where the French is 'La RĂ©union'. There is really no precedent to be drawn here.
Charles
Francophones are not a signifact part of the english speaking community
What does that have to do with it?
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