Roy, you Brits have been sensitive for quite a few years now and we Yanks have become accustomed to the occasional chain pulling from one or more of our English Cousins. I am an aficionado of the Queen's Language, albeit the stiffness of the collar sometimes leaves the neck a bit raw. God Bless America and God Save The Queen. Bill@Dr-Fox.Com WebSite {http://www.dr-fox.com} ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Stockdill <roystock@compuserve.com> To: <NEWGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 4:21 AM Subject: [NEWGEN] Now Hear This! : Cyndi Howells wrote..... : : >>How about a list of ethnic and locality specific resources?<< : : PARDON a cynical old Brit butting in, but my immediate reaction on reading : the start of Cyndi'a message was to wonder what she meant by "locality : specific resources". It's not a very user-friendly phrase, is it? Then : looking at the list of websites, I realised she meant sources relating to : different countries. : : I hope Cyndi and everyone else on the list will take this in the spirit I : mean it, but we Brits do cringe ever so slightly sometimes at this kind of : American pseudo-Havard business jargon and we prefer good old-fashioned : English! In fact, there is a popular campaign here supported by lots of : famous people and consumer organisations called the "Campaign for Plain : English". What's wrong with "national" for "locality specific"? : : >>Genealogy Benelux Home Page : http://www.ufsia.ac.be/genealogy/<< : : I wonder how many folks are poring over their international atlases trying : to find a country called Benelux? For those who are not familiar with it, : it 's an acronym or collective name for Belgium, the Netherlands and : Luxembourg, the three countries that founded the core of the European : Economic Community. : : Roy Stockdill : Editor, The Journal of One-Name Studies : The Stockdill Family History Society (Guild of One-Name Studies, FedFHS) : STOCKDILL PREST YELLOW BOLTON WORSNOP : GIBSON MIDGLEY BRACEWELL SHACKLETON BRADLEY MOODY in Yorkshire North & : West Ridings : MEAD YOUNG in Somerset, Wiltshire & Gloucestershire : Web page of the Stockdill Family History Society:- : http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/roystock : "Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you. : If he does not, why humiliate him?" - Canon Sydney Smith (scholar and : humorist 1771-1845) : : : : ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== : ROOTSWEB..............R.I.P.