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On 05/24/08 11:58, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 05:57:06PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> There must be a socio-linguistic gap here.
>>
>> In the US (and probably in Canada/UK/ANZ), there's an expression
>> that after the revolution is won, the revolutionary leaders are
>> brought "out back" and shot.
>
> Since Canada has no history of revolution I wouldn't expect that this
> could be considered a Canadian expression; at least I haven't heard it
> before.
Since none of the Founding Fathers were brought out back and shot,
it must be a more modern term.
> Those who disagreed with your revolution came to Canada as United Empire
> Loyalists (came is a gentle way to say that the victors kicked them out
> with perhaps the clothes on their back.
>
> Of course the British did the same thing when they took over
> French-speaking Acadia (now the Maritime Provinces of Canada) and sent
> the Acadians to the other French-speaking region of Mosouri (or however
> its spelt).
Missouri? The Acadians were dispersed along the East Coast, and
many settled in southern Louisiana.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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