But it wouldn't imply anything to you about *which level* of government, it could just be whichever level? I'm getting away from Mr. Board's point here, I'm just curious
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Replying to @mcclure111 @Pinboard
Not really because none of our intermediate layers in the UK are also called states - it gets a bit messy with European institutions - but they lack police or criminal powers, so is The European Medicines Agency 'the state'? it kinda is, but maybe not
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Replying to @gordonguthrie @Pinboard
OK so that's the same as the us then, thx
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Replying to @mcclure111 @Pinboard
One thing I do know tho, we call all the computers, servers, network devices in an org 'the estate' and when you say that in the US hella confusion ensues ;-)
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Replying to @mcclure111 @Pinboard
A gratifying response ;-) Canada too, eh?
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Replying to @gordonguthrie @Pinboard
Uhhhh Canadian girlfriend is sitting right next to me and she is as baffled by this as i am America/Canada "the estate" refers only ever to the property and legal wishes of a person who has just died. The provisional Texas/Toronto english language consortium is in agreement here
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Replying to @mcclure111 @Pinboard
Not also a big chunk of land owned by a landowner?
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Replying to @gordonguthrie @Pinboard
Americans would understand this usage but not use it. I think Americans would have an intuitive sense that people have "estates" in England but in America people just own land. But if someone dies all the pots and knicknacks in their home are magically instantly "the estate"
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Replying to @mcclure111 @Pinboard
*cough* Scotland *cough* not that I'm a mad nationalist Narrator: he was indeed a mad nationalist ;-)
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I like that Scotland has its own special FunBuxx, even though you don't get to put your own queen on them
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i like how canada ISN'T part of any notion of britain, but still has the british queen on their money my girlfriend had to keep re-explaining this to me for a long time
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her explanation is that she is not subject to the queen of england, it's just that it HAPPENS the queen of england is the same person as the queen of canada
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