The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #52293   Message #799932
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
09-Oct-02 - 07:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Friends of Mudcat (Uk + Eire)
Subject: RE: BS: Friends of Mudcat (Uk + Eire)
And when we say "Friends of Mudcat" of course properly we should say "Friends of the Mudcat Café" - or even "Friends of the Mudcat Café and Digital Tradition".

And then we can get into the discussion to whether it is "Friends of the Mudcat Café and Digital Tradition in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland together with the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man" or "Friends of the Mudcat Café and Digital Tradition in the British Isles" or"Friends of the Mudcat Café and Digital Tradition in Great Britain and in Ireland, together with the Isle of Man"...

Pedantically speaking Éire is correct in Irish, and Ireland is correct in English. So calling it Éire is a bit like referring to Paris and pronouncing it French style. At least some people think that.

<"...the suggestion that we open a meeting room in the Mudchat" - I thought for a moment the idea was to hold the Friends of Mudcat meeting in cyberspace. I suspect that wouldn't be legal at this point. But sooner or later, why not? But all done in a virtual reality Mudcat Tavern, with our Avatar moving around and so forth.

Actually is there anything to stop us having a meeting, adjourning it, and having another meeting later the same day, if there's a problem about meeting the two a year quota?