From ragnarok@pobox.com Tue Sep 17 14:53:45 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: raganok@intrex.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 17 Sep 2002 21:53:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 42838 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2002 21:53:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 17 Sep 2002 21:53:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO intrex.net) (209.42.192.250) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Sep 2002 21:53:43 -0000 Received: from Craig [209.42.200.29] by intrex.net (SMTPD32-5.05) id A467225E0296; Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:53:43 -0400 To: Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: carolingianosity Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:53:43 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <200209172202.SAA06403@mail2.reutershealth.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal X-Declude-Sender: raganok@intrex.net [209.42.200.29] X-eGroups-From: "Craig" From: "Craig" Reply-To: X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=48763382 X-Yahoo-Profile: kreig_daniyl >> Oh, sorry: Of course it was "Das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation". >Usually just called the Holy Roman Empire in English -- there is a quip, >whose I don't know, that it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire, but the >last point at least seems to me to be false. My sixth grade history teacher proved it by requiring "empires" to last beyond the deaths of their founders. When all else fails, change the definition!