OT ..another thing most US dwellers don't know...
 

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Why is the south known as Dixie land?

At a time when businesses did business using pounds, shillings and pence but the
Portuguese Johannes, the Spanish doubloons and pistols, the French sous and
picayunes, the Italian and Flemish ducatoons were all circulating and 1 shilling
and 4 pence was one sixth of a milled peso (a piece of eight) or 2 shillings and
a half pence was equal to half a dutch dollar (yes-a very confusing time) the
Citizens bank of New Orleans issued a straight forward $10 bill, which became
very popular.

However, because it was New Orleans and there were lots of French people around,
on the back of the $10 bill they printed the French word for ten which is “dix”.
These notes became so popular that they became know as “Dixies”.

In 1859 a singer songwriter by the name of Daniel Decatut Emmett wrote a song
called “Dixie’s land” which became very popular too (see how we used to get on
so well with the French!!!).

Anyhow, he was a Northerner and presumably because of pronunciation differences
everyone thought he was singing “Dixie Land” and this is how the South became
know as Dixie Land – eh Voila!

http://www.skunkworks.webaxxs.net/20...ixie-land.html

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Amazing how the administration has soured feelings toward the French.
Personally, I think they're generally pretty good.



mike

m II wrote:

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Why is the south known as Dixie land?

At a time when businesses did business using pounds, shillings and pence but the
Portuguese Johannes, the Spanish doubloons and pistols, the French sous and
picayunes, the Italian and Flemish ducatoons were all circulating and 1 shilling
and 4 pence was one sixth of a milled peso (a piece of eight) or 2 shillings and
a half pence was equal to half a dutch dollar (yes-a very confusing time) the
Citizens bank of New Orleans issued a straight forward $10 bill, which became
very popular.

However, because it was New Orleans and there were lots of French people around,
on the back of the $10 bill they printed the French word for ten which is “dix”.
These notes became so popular that they became know as “Dixies”.

In 1859 a singer songwriter by the name of Daniel Decatut Emmett wrote a song
called “Dixie’s land” which became very popular too (see how we used to get on
so well with the French!!!).

Anyhow, he was a Northerner and presumably because of pronunciation differences
everyone thought he was singing “Dixie Land” and this is how the South became
know as Dixie Land – eh Voila!

http://www.skunkworks.webaxxs.net/20...ixie-land.html

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Amazing how the administration has soured feelings toward the French.
Personally, I think they're generally pretty good.

What is truly amazing is just how utterly fascinated you are with the USA.

Nothing going on in CanaDuh?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:

What is truly amazing is just how utterly fascinated you are with the USA.

I *am* amazed at how we let them influence us to the degree they do. I'd prefer
it if your government wasn't merely a front for corporate interests. If you gave
it any thought at all, you may find it would benefit the fine citizenry of the
US also...but I forget who I am typing to. You think the government can do no
wrong, forgetting completely that they are your SERVANTS, not masters.



Nothing going on in CanaDuh?


Everything is closed for the Holiday weekend. I can't leave the house until the
sidewalks are unrolled again at 12:01 Tuesday morning.





mike

m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:

What is truly amazing is just how utterly fascinated you are with the USA.

I *am* amazed at how we let them influence us to the degree they do. I'd prefer
it if your government wasn't merely a front for corporate interests. If you gave
it any thought at all, you may find it would benefit the fine citizenry of the
US also...but I forget who I am typing to. You think the government can do no
wrong, forgetting completely that they are your SERVANTS, not masters.

Nothing going on in CanaDuh?

Everything is closed for the Holiday weekend. I can't leave the house until the
sidewalks are unrolled again at 12:01 Tuesday morning.

Must be rough... on Holidays here we can go wherever we want.

And, we don't have a Queen.

Once again, more proof that CanaDuh really sucks, bigtime.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"m II" wrote:

Amazing how the administration has soured feelings toward the French.
Personally, I think they're generally pretty good.



mike

The "Dix" story is apocryphal, and stories abound.

For some reason presently unknown to me (Early onset Alzheimer's, perhaps?),
I was under the impression that the origin of the term came from Messrs.
Mason
and Dixon and their famous survey line.

73,

Steve
--
Steve Lawrence
Burnsville, Minnesota

Every moment of a human life is an act
of worship.

Coincidence is God's way of being anonymous.

dxAce wrote:

Must be rough... on Holidays here we can go wherever we want.

I hear Cuba is beautiful this time of year. Tell us about your trip when you get
back.



And, we don't have a Queen.

Don't need one, YOU fill in quite nicely.



Once again, more proof that CanaDuh really sucks, bigtime.


Your envy is showing, Bozo, along with the signs of latent homosexuality.
Judging from the pictures that were posted here a while back by one of your many
admirers, it may be not so latent as we think.







mike













mike

m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:

Must be rough... on Holidays here we can go wherever we want.

I hear Cuba is beautiful this time of year. Tell us about your trip when you get
back.

Already been there... that reminds me, I've a Cuban cigar yet to smoke... I'm gonna
get it out and light it up.

Yeah, that's the ticket...

dxAce
Michigan
USA

m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:

Must be rough... on Holidays here we can go wherever we want.

I hear Cuba is beautiful this time of year. Tell us about your trip when you get
back.

You enjoy your time stuck in the group home, 'tard boy... let us know what the
outside world looks like on Tuesday morning...

LMAO at the 'tard.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote in message For
some reason presently unknown to me (Early onset Alzheimer's, perhaps?),
I was under the impression that the origin of the term came from Messrs.
Mason
and Dixon and their famous survey line.

73,

Steve
--
Steve Lawrence
Burnsville, Minnesota

Hi Steve. That was my assumption as well. Se ya in the Alzheimers clinic. :)

B.H.

m II wrote:

Your envy is showing, Bozo, along with the signs of latent homosexuality.
Judging from the pictures that were posted here a while back by one of your many
admirers, it may be not so latent as we think.

Your problem is that you just never think.

Get some help at Health CanaDuh... I'm sure you're already signed up.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

beerbarrel wrote:

On Sat, 21 May 2005 10:52:19 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



m II wrote:

dxAce wrote:

What is truly amazing is just how utterly fascinated you are with the USA.

I *am* amazed at how we let them influence us to the degree they do. I'd prefer
it if your government wasn't merely a front for corporate interests. If you gave
it any thought at all, you may find it would benefit the fine citizenry of the
US also...but I forget who I am typing to. You think the government can do no
wrong, forgetting completely that they are your SERVANTS, not masters.

Nothing going on in CanaDuh?

Everything is closed for the Holiday weekend. I can't leave the house until the
sidewalks are unrolled again at 12:01 Tuesday morning.

Must be rough... on Holidays here we can go wherever we want.

And, we don't have a Queen.

Once again, more proof that CanaDuh really sucks, bigtime.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


The whole country is nothing but queens!

Ain't that the damn truth.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

m II wrote:

Your envy is showing, Bozo...

Still watching that cartoon stuff? By choice, or are there others in your Health
CanaDuh Group Home that force you to watch it?

Do the others beat you or laugh at you on a regular basis because you're more
retarded than they are?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I met a really cute french girl today here in the US as a matter of
fact....with any luck I'll be screwing her in a couple of hours!

I like the French!
"m II" wrote in message
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================================================== ===========
Why is the south known as Dixie land?

At a time when businesses did business using pounds, shillings and pence
but the
Portuguese Johannes, the Spanish doubloons and pistols, the French sous
and
picayunes, the Italian and Flemish ducatoons were all circulating and 1
shilling
and 4 pence was one sixth of a milled peso (a piece of eight) or 2
shillings and
a half pence was equal to half a dutch dollar (yes-a very confusing time)
the
Citizens bank of New Orleans issued a straight forward $10 bill, which
became
very popular.

However, because it was New Orleans and there were lots of French people
around,
on the back of the $10 bill they printed the French word for ten which is
“dix”.
These notes became so popular that they became know as “Dixies”.

In 1859 a singer songwriter by the name of Daniel Decatut Emmett wrote a
song
called “Dixie’s land” which became very popular too (see how we used to
get on
so well with the French!!!).

Anyhow, he was a Northerner and presumably because of pronunciation
differences
everyone thought he was singing “Dixie Land” and this is how the South
became
know as Dixie Land – eh Voila!


http://www.skunkworks.webaxxs.net/20...ixie-land.html

================================================== =============




Amazing how the administration has soured feelings toward the French.
Personally, I think they're generally pretty good.



mike

"Ernie" wrote in message
...
I met a really cute french girl today here in the US as a matter of
fact....with any luck I'll be screwing her in a couple of hours!

With any luck you'll die of AIDS and decrease the surplus population.

B.H.

"Brian Hill" wrote in message
...

"Ernie" wrote in message
...
I met a really cute french girl today here in the US as a matter of
fact....with any luck I'll be screwing her in a couple of hours!

With any luck you'll die of AIDS and decrease the surplus population.

Brian! That's just not like you.

Honus wrote:

"Brian Hill" wrote in message
...

"Ernie" wrote in message
...
I met a really cute french girl today here in the US as a matter of
fact....with any luck I'll be screwing her in a couple of hours!

With any luck you'll die of AIDS and decrease the surplus population.

Brian! That's just not like you.

The times they be a changin...

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"Honus" wrote in message
news:CkOje.835$4F1.98@trnddc06...

"Brian Hill" wrote in message
...

"Ernie" wrote in message
...
I met a really cute french girl today here in the US as a matter of
fact....with any luck I'll be screwing her in a couple of hours!

With any luck you'll die of AIDS and decrease the surplus population.

Brian! That's just not like you.



With all this Star Wars sh-t going on, I feel that I may have slipped to the
dark side. lol! :)

B.H.

SMHL - As I get older, my favorite Flower
has become the Forget-Me-Not :o) ~ RHF
. . . . .

"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:

"m II" wrote:

Amazing how the administration has soured feelings toward the French.
Personally, I think they're generally pretty good.



mike

The "Dix" story is apocryphal, and stories abound.

For some reason presently unknown to me (Early onset Alzheimer's, perhaps?),
I was under the impression that the origin of the term came from Messrs.
Mason
and Dixon and their famous survey line.

Apparently the term was not in use until the song.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"RHF" wrote in message
ps.com...
SMHL - As I get older, my favorite Flower
has become the Forget-Me-Not :o) ~ RHF

Mine is...ummm....what the hell was that called? (wink)

73,

Steve
--
Steve Lawrence
Burnsville, Minnesota

Every moment of a human life is an act of worship.

Coincidence is God's way of being anonymous.

"dxAce" wrote:
Apparently the term was not in use until the song.

Yup; that could definitely nullify what I've said. I
think that the word origin may, perhaps, be lost in
the mists of time.

Well, either that, or I'm completely full of crap.

73,

Steve
--
Steve Lawrence
Burnsville, Minnesota

Every moment of a human life is an act of worship.

Coincidence is God's way of being anonymous.

"Brian Hill" wrote:
Hi Steve. That was my assumption as well. Se ya in the Alzheimers clinic.
:)

B.H.

Dibs on the remote! Wait a minute, I forget where it's located!

My Grandmother insists Alzehimer's is connected somehow
with aluminum usage in cans, pots and pans, etc., etc. Of
course, I think that's bunk. In fact, I'm going to be doing some
valuable research this afternoon. My source material will
probably be Michelob Amber Bock. (wink wink, nudge nudge).

VY 73,
--
Steve Lawrence
Burnsville, Minnesota

Every moment of a human life is an act of worship.

Coincidence is God's way of being anonymous.

Stephen M.H. Lawrence wrote:
"dxAce" wrote:

Apparently the term was not in use until the song.


Yup; that could definitely nullify what I've said. I
think that the word origin may, perhaps, be lost in
the mists of time.

Well, either that, or I'm completely full of crap.


We'll settle for lost in the mists of time. It's a much neater phrase.







mike

Brian Hill wrote:

With any luck you'll die of AIDS and decrease the surplus population.



You're confusing Scrooge and screwage.





mike

Stephen M.H. Lawrencealuminium
"Brian Hill" wrote:
Hi Steve. That was my assumption as well. Se ya in the Alzheimers clinic.
:)

B.H.

Dibs on the remote! Wait a minute, I forget where it's located!

My Grandmother insists Alzehimer's is connected somehow
with aluminum usage in cans, pots and pans, etc., etc. Of
course, I think that's bunk. In fact, I'm going to be doing some
valuable research this afternoon. My source material will
probably be Michelob Amber Bock. (wink wink, nudge nudge).

VY 73,

They did find excess aluminum in the brains of some Alzheimers patients - in
the substantia nigra where the characteristic neural tangles occur. There
was some trouble replicating the finding, and of course finding it doesn't
necessarily imply cause.

Excessive alcohol (coupled with thiamine - vitamin B1 - deficiency. I heard
the Aussies fortify their beer with it for prevention) can bring on
Korsakoff's disease. With all the confabulation in this NG, I'd say a few
have developed one of the other.

uncle arnie wrote:

With all the confabulation in this NG...



The Beatles have regrouped?






mike

"m II" wrote in message
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================================================== ===========
Why is the south known as Dixie land?

At a time when businesses did business using pounds, shillings and pence
but the
Portuguese Johannes, the Spanish doubloons and pistols, the French sous
and
picayunes, the Italian and Flemish ducatoons were all circulating and 1
shilling
and 4 pence was one sixth of a milled peso (a piece of eight) or 2
shillings and
a half pence was equal to half a dutch dollar (yes-a very confusing time)
the
Citizens bank of New Orleans issued a straight forward $10 bill, which
became
very popular.

However, because it was New Orleans and there were lots of French people
around,
on the back of the $10 bill they printed the French word for ten which is
“dix”.
These notes became so popular that they became know as “Dixies”.

In 1859 a singer songwriter by the name of Daniel Decatut Emmett wrote a
song
called “Dixie’s land” which became very popular too (see how we used to
get on
so well with the French!!!).

Anyhow, he was a Northerner and presumably because of pronunciation
differences
everyone thought he was singing “Dixie Land” and this is how the South
became
know as Dixie Land – eh Voila!


http://www.skunkworks.webaxxs.net/20...ixie-land.html

================================================== =============




Amazing how the administration has soured feelings toward the French.
Personally, I think they're generally pretty good.



mike



Do you ever get sick of being a "know-it-all"?

We sure do!

Cheers! g mate!

"m II" wrote in message
news:F3cke.7771$9A2.3330@edtnps89...
Brian Hill wrote:

With any luck you'll die of AIDS and decrease the surplus population.



You're confusing Scrooge and screwage.





mike

You still haint figured it out, yeh?

Brian Hill wrote:

With all this Star Wars sh-t going on, I feel that I may have slipped to the
dark side. lol! :)

B.H.


How are "Duct tape" and "The Force" alike?

They both have a dark side, a light side, and they hold the universe
together! ;-)

--
Former professional electron wrangler.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida