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Old 4th June 2008, 05:21 PM   #7 (permalink)
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:55:30 -0400, "Sarah Banick" <sbanick@>
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>"yedyegiss" <ddg++ss0net3een0lln0ll@!gmmaaaiilll..com> wrote in message
>news:6anq5cF37bltvU1@mid....
>> Viviane wrote:
>>
>>> If you are not from Australia, it is hard to understand the devastation
>>> caused by the first world war.

>>
>> Yeah, I'm sure those British, Belgians, French, and Germans (to name
>> just a few) find it particularly hard to understand. Particularly the
>> Belgians and French, with Ypres/Ieper and Verdun.
>>

>
>I think everyone is reading Viviane's meaning incorrectly. I think she's
>trying to say, it's hard to understand the effect the first WW had on
>Aussies unless you're an Aussie.
>


If we misunderstood then it's because what she wrote isn't what she meant.
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