[thechat] footer, can't we all just get along?
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Sun May 26 18:00:00 CDT 2002
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On Sunday, May 26, 2002, at 11:46 pm, Chris Marsh wrote:
>> According to my dictionary, if you have an occupied land with
>
> You don't say which dictionary. My Oxford Concise draws a distinction
> between "country" and "nation". Unfortunately I don't have it to hand
> but IIRC a nation was a group of people populating a given territory,
> whereas to be defined as a country said people had to have their own
> government.
of course 'government' is somewhat of a moveable feast too, and neither
relates to whether you get an ISO code (*cough* Mcdonald and Heard
islands, chief inhabitants, seabirds)
Cheers
Martin
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