In article <XJKdnThKfrEdsFvanZ2dnUVZ_uXinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Kip Williams <kiptw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> David Friedman wrote:
> > In article <13sbu3nf49o2r46@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > David Harmon <source@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:50:01 -0500 in rec.arts.sf.fandom, Sean
> >> O'Hara <seanohara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote,
> >>> Unless your visit was prior to 1954, I guarantee that you did not
> >>> see any store holding Armistice Day sales.
> >> I'd like to know how you can guarantee that. I see flocks of stores
> >> having "President's Day" sales, and there is no such holiday as that
> >> (except perhaps in a few states, not mine.)
> >
> > "Guarantee" was a bit strong. Which do you think is more likely:
> >
> > That Jette misremembered, substituting in the British name of the
> > holiday.
> >
> > That the store used the British (and very old U.S.) name instead of
the
> > current U.S. name.
> >
> > I would bet on the former alternative.
>
> She specified more than one store. One store might use an unusual name,
> but that several would seems less likely.
>
> It's a tiny nit, I hasten to add.
But her response was not to complain about nitpicking but to imply that
her original claim was true.
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