Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Books Featuring Frigid, Icy Worlds

In article <5ronajlqeri1p8akcnfdg2q8t4e9407cs2@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

RrOn Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:30:02 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
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Many people from Ontario spend winter or part of winter in Florida.  So
there's plenty of opportunity for cross-contamination.

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Could be worse - some 30-40 years ago they ran a tourist promotion
inviting people to Ontari-air-io.
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One wonders how many Americans were confused.
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Mind you I've met a few Americans thinking British Columbia was in
Central America...and that we spoke Spanish. Uh no.

It goes both ways: I met an American at a Maritime Museum fundraiser
in SF who still angry that Canadian border guards asked him if he
was carrying any firearms. He was but he thought it was prejudiced
of them to assume they needed to ask every American that question.

(not, now that I think about, that he could have known if they did)



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