--- On Mon, 7/14/08, Robert Melson <melsonr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <qM6dnaR-e-ONVubVnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> singhals <singhals@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> > Robert Melson wrote:
> >
> >> In article
> <501d3$487b03b7$83b4502b$8979@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >> "Lesley Robertson"
> <l.a.robertson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> >>
> >>>"D. Stussy"
> <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >>>news:g5ef2t$tl2$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>>>"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.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Except that "Western Cape" is the
> name of the Province that Goodwood is in.
> >>>I don't recall complaints when people
> forget to specify "USA" after the
> >>>names of US states... This is the same thing.
> >>>Lesley Robertson
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> > snip
> >
> >> bugles sounding. (Lots of our coastal liberals
> look at the heartland
> >> in a similar way, unfortunately, or believe those
> of us in fly-over
> >> country are little more than knuckle-dragging
> Neanderthals; again,
> >
> > (G) SOME of us coastal liberals have BEEN to West
> Texas,
> > you know. I won't mention Midland-Odessa or TTI
> if you don't.
> >
> > Cheryl ;)
>
> But you're talking about Eastern New Mexico, really.
>
> If you're gonna talk about WEST Texas, then y'gotta
> talk
> about places like, oh, Mule Shoe, Berkley (pop 6), Van
> Horn, and the like. Them eastern dudes dunno _west_ from
> squat!
>
> Saddle-sore Ol' Bob
++++
Bob:
That's cause anybody living in the east is gonna be from the East Coast -
NYC!
I oughta know I was one of those transplants long ago - grin.
--Manaia
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