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On 17/11/2012 8:14 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 11/17/2012 1:14 AM, LFS wrote:

[imaginary mode]

>> Oh, I like "irrealis". That's the world I live in, most of the time.

> I was stopped for a second since "irrealis" looked like a slur on the
> people of a certain Mediterranean country.

But ha'aretz is real.  Perhaps the neighbours will be pals in time.