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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Mar 17, 2020, 3:22:26 PM3/17/20
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Titus G amok-crossposted across 4 newsgroups:
> On 16/03/20 6:04 pm, benj wrote:
>> On 3/15/2020 4:42 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
>>> What happened to Old Zealand?
>
> It is still in Holland somewhere.
In _the Netherlands_.
> They spell it Zeeland.
Correct. (North/South) Holland is one region of the Netherlands,
Zeeland is another (to the South):
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand#Etymology> pp.
> (Denmark's island Zealand, about half the population of New Zealand's
> two and a bit islands, has nought to do with NZ.
And it is spelled _Sjælland_ in Danish. “Zealand” is just the English name.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand>
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PointedEars
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Q: What did the female magnet say to the male magnet?
A: From the back, I found you repulsive, but from the front
I find myself very attracted to you.
(from: WolframAlpha)
> On 16/03/20 6:04 pm, benj wrote:
>> On 3/15/2020 4:42 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
>>> What happened to Old Zealand?
>
> It is still in Holland somewhere.
In _the Netherlands_.
> They spell it Zeeland.
Correct. (North/South) Holland is one region of the Netherlands,
Zeeland is another (to the South):
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand#Etymology> pp.
> (Denmark's island Zealand, about half the population of New Zealand's
> two and a bit islands, has nought to do with NZ.
And it is spelled _Sjælland_ in Danish. “Zealand” is just the English name.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand>
F’up2 sci.geo.cartography
PointedEars
--
Q: What did the female magnet say to the male magnet?
A: From the back, I found you repulsive, but from the front
I find myself very attracted to you.
(from: WolframAlpha)
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