Re: The BBC name.
Jim Dixon <[email protected]>
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On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Jon Niehof wrote: > > It has, of course, also been used to refer to a broadcasting organisation on a > > European island > That's what the computer was named for actually. The Beeb > commissioned or was somehow involved in the design of the > computer from Acorn. > > And many UK'ers might take umbrage at being called European. > Or an island. The British are fiercely proud of this being an island. Shakespeare: "This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle This fortress built by nature for herself This precious stone set in the silver sea This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England" What some might be irritated at is calling it a _European_ island. Europe's what's across the Channel. -- Jim Dixon [email protected] tel +44 117 982 0786 mobile +44 797 373 7881