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From: jbdp@jenny.UUCP (Julian Pardoe)
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Subject: Re: Maps are not an international language
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 07:45:42 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  4 07:45:42 1985
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> Excerpt from a conversation during a trip of mine to the US:
> ...
> Me:  "From Berlin, Germany."
> The lady: "Oh, really?  Did you go all the way by bus?"

On a trip to the States five or so years ago a Belgian friend of mine
was frequently asked: ``Belgium?  Is that a city or a country?''