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   Kerr-Mudd, John to Gary McGath   
   Re: Montreal wins 2027 Worldcon bid   
   20 Aug 25 11:21:00   
   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 02:41:05 -0400   
   Gary McGath  wrote:   
      
   > On 8/18/25 11:51 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > > Gary McGath   wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> Having a Berliner in Berlin is more difficult. That name for a pastry   
   > >> similar to the American jelly doughnut is a regional one, and I'm told   
   > >> it isn't much used in Berlin. For that and other reasons, JFK's audience   
   > >> wasn't confused.   
   > >   
   > > Perhaps, but I did have a Berlinerweisse in Berlin.   
   >   
   > You could also have a sandwich in Hawaii. (Points to anyone who knows why.)   
   >   
   Ah, back when Britannia ruled the waves.   
      
   Don't expect to get anything other than a blank stare if you ask for an   
   English Muffin in England.   
      
   (Muffin the Mule was a different thing, but not an illegal offence).   
      
   --   
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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