Re: Genealogical Society meeting

In article <g5ef2t$tl2$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
	"D. Stussy" <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
<snip> 
> "Western Cape" could be a local usage nickname for any "Cape" in the
world
> that has a distinct western part.  I consider it a generic term like
"west
> side", "downtown", "south bay", etc.

And you'd be wrong.  In the context of the original posting, to
say nothing of general usage, to average, moderately educated
non-South African would recognize Western Cape as referring to
a specific place in South Africa.  He wouldn't necessarily be able
to place it exactly, but he would know it's in South Africa and
in the vicinity of Capetown and Cape Province.

Now, were you to have said "western cape", I might agree with you,
but not here and in the original context.

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