"Joseph Coulter" > skrev i meddelandet
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> Ed Rasimus > wrote in
> news >
>> I'm a fan of Alsace Gewurz and Reisling as well. (Someone will jump up
>> shortly from the Euro contingent to point out that Alsatian is a
>> dog--what we in the colonies usually refer to as a German Shepherd.)
>
> Uhh, would that not be a Berger Belgique to which you refer?


THis is a spin-off from previous belligerence in the Old Mother COntinent
(=Europe) - calling the shepherd Alsatian rather than German - slightly like
calling Missy Queeny's family Mountbatten rather than Battenberg. No
worries[1], today we are all good EU-citizens, including the Alsatian
doggies.

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

[1] I am reallly really getting into the atmosphere for this Oz voyage, and
no mistake, but you drongos all noticed. She'll be right.

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