Re: paleonet stir it up?

[baldwin <baldwin@xxxxxxxx>]

Xavier,

This inter/intra Iberian sniping is downright bloody boring. I (and I 
suspect most others on this list) have very limited interest - and now 
very limited sympathy - for these silly digressions and red herrings.

Why don't you back off. If this continues I'm going to petition to have 
you excluded from the list. Otherwise I will drop this list.

Your belated sweetening via matters linguistic and culinary hardly 
leavens this thread.

Chris Baldwin

Xavier Panades I Blas wrote:
> Dear Tony,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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???
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> Respectfully,
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> Xavier Panades I Blas
> 55, Marksbury Road
> Bedminster
> Bristol BS3 5JY
> England (EC)
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> http://www.acs.bolton.ac.uk/~xp1pls/
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> 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
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> Dear Tony,
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> 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
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> ----- Mensaje original -----
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> De: Tony D'Agostino <adagostino@houston.rr.com>
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> Fecha: Sábado, Abril 1, 2006 0:31 am
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> Asunto: paleonet stir it up?
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>  > 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.
>  >
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>  >
>  > 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
>  >
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