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the same could be said of the 50 United States, but no one is excusing them!
15:45 Jan 26, 2005
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I didn't know there was such a thing as a
15:44 Jan 26, 2005
Commonwealth in the US, and I've lived 36 of my 38 years in N America!!! Just goes to show you how geocentric we can be at times (hey, I have an excuse, Canada is a lot of geography to learn when you're in school :-)))))))
Personally, I lived for 16 years in the Commonwealth of Virginia and still haven�t learned the difference between a Commonwealth and a State � ;))
15:41 Jan 26, 2005
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agree with jacrav
15:40 Jan 26, 2005
it also doesn't sound ridiculous to my Canadian ears, in either language. Perhaps within the States it's different... but in Canada, � Qu�bec means the city, au Qu�bec means the province, and in English it's the Province of Qu�bec and Qu�bec City. Mind you, we don't say `We are travelling through the province of Ontario', we just say Ontario, I imagine because there is no Ontario City ;-)
sorry but specifying that one out of the three is a state sounds ridiculous when all 3 are states - would be like saying Belgique, Allemagne et le pays de France
15:05 Jan 26, 2005
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and would �tat need to be capitalised in this case, for France?
15:02 Jan 26, 2005
sans accent, bien sur ;-)
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Plus it's for Europe ;-)
15:01 Jan 26, 2005
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What if we flipped it around?
15:00 Jan 26, 2005
I guess it just sounds choppy to me. What if we said: dans le Mass., l'Oklahoma et l'�tat de NY? (it is OK state)
if it's Oklahoma city, then your guess was perfect ;-)
14:55 Jan 26, 2005
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I forgot about OK City
14:53 Jan 26, 2005
You`re right, Michel - � Oklahoma is the city. that must have been my niggling doubt about this! Happy to see some activity on this question - j'avais peur que ce soit *ben* �vident ;-)
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abc services in ma, ny, ok.
dans le Massachussetts, l'état de New York et l'Oklahoma?
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merci Michel pour ta réponse européenne ! ;-) c'est ce que ça me prend.
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