[jbovlaste] Re: Emperor

[John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>]

Remo Dentato scripsit:

> So, if an "empire" is a "domain of many countries", an "emperor"
> should be a "governor of many countries".

This is the "broccoli" = "green-tree-vegetable" fallacy again.
The Emperor of Japan is a ruler of only one country, whereas the Queen
of the U.K. is a ruler of 21 countries.  There's no way you're going to
get these definitions to match reality exactly.

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