I believe Queen Victoria considered herself the Mother of the British
Empire,
as such all the Dominions and their peoples ( Johnny Foreigner! ) were
considered
as mere children !

Embarrassing huh ?

Bill


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-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Becker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 09 August 2000 15:33
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT : Friday Trivia


Speaking of the British Empire: Is it true, "God save the Queen", has
something to do with her children?

>>> Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> 08/07 1:56 PM >>>
Bob writes:

> But!! What does it matter The true Country is the British Republic,
>  susposedly "The sun nevers sets on the British Republic." let us see if
>  America can brag about something as big as that!!!

Harummph! Revisionist history poppycock, I say old chap!

When that saying was popular, the phrase that was used was the "The sun
never
sets on the British Empire." Other than a few misadventures in China and to
some degree in the Phillipines, the United States has never tried very hard
to become an empire and certainly isn't one now. What few territories the US
now possesses were mostly given to the US in trust after World War I, with
Guam, Samoa, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico slight exceptions to that
comment.

However, Jerry Brown, former governor of California and current mayor of
Oakland, has suggested in the past that we annex Canada :-), especially when
it looked like in the oil-starved 1970's that they had unlimited resources
in
the Albertian tar sands and shale deposits.

Wirt Atmar


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