tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post3314210571659906271..comments2023-10-31T12:06:47.591-03:00Comments on labradore: SimEarthWJMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-30964038218788812532010-04-29T16:19:40.379-03:002010-04-29T16:19:40.379-03:00Yes - and patriation was quite a literal and accur...Yes - and patriation was quite a literal and accurate description. Prior to this act of "patriation", our constituion was a law in and of a different country.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287295355147760571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-66536094788769577472010-04-29T11:36:05.741-03:002010-04-29T11:36:05.741-03:00And, no, you cannot use words in anything other th...And, no, you cannot use words in anything other than their literal meaning.<br /><br />See <i>Re Gerry Reid</i>, Kangaroo Court of Dannystan, 2007, where the phrase in question was "let's bankrupt the province".WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-28461154310967997322010-04-29T11:34:27.213-03:002010-04-29T11:34:27.213-03:00Nothing could be further from the truth.
It was &...Nothing could be further from the truth.<br /><br />It was "patriation", because you can't "repatriate" something that wasn't born in country.WJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070910923518931583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11466749.post-73319202210241573492010-04-29T11:07:00.243-03:002010-04-29T11:07:00.243-03:00"Repatriation" was the word used to desc..."Repatriation" was the word used to describe Trudeau's constitutional changes in the early '80s. It conjured the image of a great scroll being carted across the Atlantic on a creaky old galleon. Still, surely the word can be used in a less-than-literal manner.Peter Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932139446109527278noreply@blogger.com