Linguistic boundaries [was: A novel notion of "balance"]

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/13/2014 12:00 AM, Paul Johnston wrote:
>What about sports loyalties in the far, far East of Long Island,
>among the real locals, not the incomers in the Hamptons?  My
>understanding was that there were a lot of Red Sox rooters out there, ...

After all, it was settled from New England and (IIRC) one belonged to
Connecticut.

Joel

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