-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/08 11:58, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 05:57:06PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> There must be a socio-linguistic gap here. >> >> In the US (and probably in Canada/UK/ANZ), there's an expression >> that after the revolution is won, the revolutionary leaders are >> brought "out back" and shot. > > Since Canada has no history of revolution I wouldn't expect that this > could be considered a Canadian expression; at least I haven't heard it > before.
Since none of the Founding Fathers were brought out back and shot, it must be a more modern term. > Those who disagreed with your revolution came to Canada as United Empire > Loyalists (came is a gentle way to say that the victors kicked them out > with perhaps the clothes on their back. > > Of course the British did the same thing when they took over > French-speaking Acadia (now the Maritime Provinces of Canada) and sent > the Acadians to the other French-speaking region of Mosouri (or however > its spelt). Missouri? The Acadians were dispersed along the East Coast, and many settled in southern Louisiana. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA ESPN makes baseball players better. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIOEw0S9HxQb37XmcRAhaCAJ9y0p6qJ0qRM9OzkXi2bdHImhoP2ACgqjIG Qm31dwZ7fffXOIqjw8remVo= =qr+j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
