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Subject: Re: [9front] Re: commit 671d8daa0f2d7f067b8ab3d547adbd718da93fe9
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On February 13, 2024 1:30:07 PM EST, Dave Woodman <dave@naffnet=2Eorg=2Euk>=
 wrote:
>On 13/02/2024 18:21, Anthony Martin wrote:
>> Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe=2Eorg> once said:
>>> I admit I was unfamiliar with the varying adoption dates=2E
>>> I thought it was referring to the use of the Gregorian calendar
>>> itself, not the adoption date=2E I removed it because referring to
>>> England's colonies in the present tense rubs me the wrong way=2E
>>> I pitched this on the grid and others had also shared my reading of th=
is=2E
>>>=20
>>> I agree that we can document that this is the adoption rate used, but =
I would
>>> like to be more direct with it=2E
>> Understood=2E I suggest either reverting the commit if you, like
>> myself, enjoy Unix history or restoring the original but with the
>> parenthetical about the colonies removed=2E Just saying England
>> should be fine=2E
>>=20
>> Cheers,
>>    Anthony
>>=20
>Sitting here in Blighty I agree that the original wording seemed to imply=
 that the colonies were still a thing=2E As an absolute minimum, re-phasing=
 to be 'former colonies' if the original intent of geographical scope needs=
=C2=A0 to be maintained, otherwise just England, as proposed=2E
>
>Dave=2E
>

during the 20th century, particularly at the height of the cold war, it wa=
s common to make sardonic references to the no longer quite extant british =
empire=2E the author of this man page was almost certainly not a british na=
tional=2E

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