tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35762200.post1456473975010017481..comments2010-09-21T02:34:29.027-04:00Comments on Tales from a Parallel Universe: So yeahhh...Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107116021516156157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35762200.post-72590666321534218312008-09-14T23:30:00.000-04:002008-09-14T23:30:00.000-04:00Don't be silly, Vicus. No one has more than a vagu...Don't be silly, Vicus. No one has more than a vague idea of where the American Samoa* is, and that includes a large number of the people who live there.<BR/><BR/>*I refer to it as "the" American Samoa because that appears to be what everyone else has done so far. But it may not be what the people there actually do. Now I'll have to obsessively watch future emails coming from there for that.<BR/><BR/>Normally this kind of possessive noun is preceded with "the" as in "the American government." But when "American" is part of the territory's title then you would kfanfjklabfalkjbfuzdq CARRIER LOST.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I had to think about grammar for more than five seconds and my brain got stuck.<BR/><BR/>All that said, we're dealing with a place where nothing is pronounced anything like the way it's spelled, including the name of the capital city, so this kind of grammatical thing might be quickly overlooked.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107116021516156157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35762200.post-77677783338364887812008-09-10T07:21:00.000-04:002008-09-10T07:21:00.000-04:00Oh Adam! I never fail to overestimate you!1) I am ...Oh Adam! I never fail to overestimate you!<BR/>1) I am your only reader, and, as you say, live in the UK. You then go on to suggest that I might not know where American Samoa is. I live in the UK. Unlike your pathetically self-absorbed culture, it is not uncommon for people to know where other places are. Some of us even have a passing knowledge of North American geography, even though Snotwad, South Carolina is virtually indistinguishable from Slowfart, Idaho. <BR/>2) Congratulations on doing some research. I am not sure, however, whether your referring to your future home as "The" American Samoa is some sort of amusing device, or another glittering display of your ignorance.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.com