Re: (SC22WG20.3355) Talking about cultures, see this

From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Thu Mar 15 2001 - 17:18:12 EST


Alain LaBonté quoted:

>> Cependant l'auteur de cette classification démontre un degré
>> d'ignorance du Canada.

"There are two kinds of Yanks, those who know nothing about Canada,
and those who don't care, either."
        --me

Joel Garreau, though of Québecois origin, is certainly a Usonian.

>> 1. L'auteur fournit une description sommaire pour chacune des neuf dites
>> "nations", sauf pour le Québec. Pas un seul mot pour la Nation du Québec!
>> Quoi en penser?

That is not Garreau's fault, but the fault of whoever designed the web page.
Like many such things, it appears to have been abandoned when 80% finished.
His book has a full chapter on Québec.

>> 3. Le sub-est du Manitoba n'appartient pas à la "nation" Bread-basket
>> (voir sa carte) à cause de la présence francophone concentrée dans la région.

There is a chapter on "Anomalies", such as Manhattan, Washington D.C., and
Alaska. This region should perhaps have been included.

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