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  1. Newsgroups: misc.writing
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!cs.utexas.edu!torn!cunews!nrcnet0!bnrgate!bwdls61!pww
  3. From: pww@bnr.ca (Peter Whittaker)
  4. Subject: Re: Charactor Titles
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug18.000424.26851@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
  6. Sender: usenet@bwdls61.bnr.ca (Use Net)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: bwdls143
  8. Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa
  9. References: <1992Aug12.181748.25485@bcrka451.bnr.ca> <1992Aug14.150921.26090@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil> <1992Aug17.172549.4344@thinkage.on.ca>
  10. Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 00:04:24 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Aug17.172549.4344@thinkage.on.ca> jim@thinkage.on.ca (James Alan Gardner) writes:
  14. >And by the way, I know a number of people with joint Canadian-
  15. >American citizenship.  Since Canadians are still nominally
  16. >British subjects
  17.  
  18. Nope, 'fraid not, next contestant....  :->
  19.  
  20. The British monarch is also "{King | Queen} of Canada", but that does
  21. not make us British subjects, no way no how;  try applying for British
  22. citizenship if you're a native Canadian (esp. if you have no immediate
  23. British ancestry).
  24.  
  25. Canada is also a member of the British commonwealth, but that has no
  26. effect on citizenship.
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  28. pww
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