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   Dorothy J Heydt to jwkenne@attglobal.net   
   Re: What is in a name?   
   25 Sep 14 14:50:34   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <2014092509501775517-jwkenne@attglobalnet>,   
   John W Kennedy   wrote:   
   >On 2014-09-24 22:17:59 +0000, Michelle Bottorff said:   
   >   
   >> Jacey Bedford  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 23/09/2014 23:35, Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   >>>> but he isn't French, he's German.. (Burgundian,   
   >>>> whatever, same part of the world -- different history.)   
   >>>   
   >>> Huh?   
   >>> Want to check out an actual map?   
   >>   
   >> It's an alternate history.  Most of what is now Germany is nominally   
   >> subject to the family line of Burgundy.   
   >>   
   >> Burgundy the place is ruled by some other family, who are themselves   
   >> subject to the family line of Valois, which currently rules France and a   
   >> bunch of other places.   
   >>   
   Gosh.  Sounds like Europa Wulfenbach -- I have the large map on my   
   wall -- although the borders of that domain are currently falling   
   apart.   
      
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