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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=281514123-22022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3>Have you heard the following "heaven"and "hell"
joke?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>In
Heaven:</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The cooks are French,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The policemen are English,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The <SPAN
class=281514123-22022005>organizers</SPAN> are German,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The lovers are Italian,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The bankers are Swiss.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>In
Hell:</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The cooks are
English,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The policemen are German,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The <SPAN
class=281514123-22022005>organizer</SPAN>s are French,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The lovers are Swiss,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The bankers are Italian.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </P>
<P><SPAN class=281514123-22022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Fritz
Goerling</FONT></SPAN></P></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
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size=3>Miroslava Nikolova wrote:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></FONT><TT>Much has been said about
expressions involving the<BR>names of different nationalities and having a
more or<BR>less negative connotation. What about expressions of<BR>the kind
having a positive connotation. In Bulgarian,<BR>for example, there is the
expression "angliiska<BR>tochnost" (English punctuality) obviously referring
to<BR>the fact that the English have a reputation for being<BR>on the
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