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Dear Tony,

Agost is the Catalan word for August, and Patricio may be rigth about his 
origin. I cannot understand why he did not mention that is is a Catalan word 
(I wonder why?????) if he lived there.
They speak a dialect of Catalan Valencian and they have an excellent 
culture...It is where the paella comes from from Valencia.


The controversy is clear...In Europe like in Africa the nation-states lines 
where drawn sort of arbirtrary and economically, hence dividing identities, 
countries and cultures....The issue here that many people in Europe have 
been and are still repressed, and their indentities not recognised oficially 
by this nation-states.

The case of the Spanish and French States is likely the worse. Many people 
in those States are neither French and Spanish. For instance Catalans (from 
Perpingna to Benidorm, including Balearic and Pitiuses Islands and the 
Alguer in Sardinia), and Bascs are among those States and their identities 
are not recognised.
Of course I wonder the world is in such a mess when the same Nation-States 
conquer the worlddddd!

To illustrate further point I would suggest that you think why English is 
not called Bristish, and why Castilian is called Spanish...Do you citzens of 
the USA speak Bristish? Also, some of the people that have been atacking me 
here do not belong originally the place they defend eh Raul???



Respectfully,

Xavier Panades I Blas
55, Marksbury Road
Bedminster
Bristol BS3 5JY
England (EC)

http://www.acs.bolton.ac.uk/~xp1pls/
















From: Patricio Domínguez Alonso <patricio@geo.ucm.es>
Reply-To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Re: paleonet stir it up?
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 22:35:48 +0100



Dear Tony,

I have been living in Agost for a while. Agost comes from the month of 
August which was named after the Roman emperor. Since this month is 
absolutely dry in the mediterranean area, the name of the locality make 
reference to the dryness of the area.

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Dr. Patricio DOMINGUEZ
Dep. Paleontologia. Fac. Ciencias Geologicas.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid



----- Mensaje original -----

De: Tony D'Agostino <adagostino@houston.rr.com>

Fecha: Sábado, Abril 1, 2006 0:31 am

Asunto: paleonet stir it up?



 > For a change it's not the Americans stirring up political feelings
 > on the
 > PaleoNet. What controversy are y'all referring to? You can't start an
 > arguement, with seconds no less, and not let the rest of us in on the
 > secret.
 >
 > This thread also makes me pause to wonder about a connection
 > between my
 > family name and the Agost locality.
 >
 >
 >
 > Tony D'Agostino
 > 20746 Prince Creek Drive
 > Katy, Tx. 77450
 > 281-646-1660 adagostino@houston.rr.com
 >
 > "The limits of a tyrant are determined by the endurance of those
 > that oppose
 > him" Frederick Douglass
 >