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From: John Helmut Merz <>
Subject: Re: HESSIAN/LOYALIST
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 18:41:29 -0700


Thanks for this information, I can't believe I lived in Canada for the
last 42 years and nobody told me the difference between British and
English. Finally it clicked. I hope I don't have to re-call my 500 books
I sold where I made the same mistake.
Cheers, John :)

Dr M M Gilchrist wrote:
> Dear John Merz,
>
> >Next came the Scottish Loyalists with 23 percent and some distance
> >later the British.
>
> I am a bit perplexed by your terminology here. 'British' as a label
> includes Scots and is NOT synonymous with 'English'. I presume you mean by
> it here 'English, Irish and Welsh combined'.
> Enjoyed your posting! :-)
> Cheers,
> Doc M
>
> Dr. M. M. Gilchrist

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