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gnippiks
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Sat, 29 Jul 2000 10:52:50 -0700 (PDT)
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RE: [idm] The word "balearic"
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"Bob Bannister" <bobban@wextech.com> wrote:
quoted 10 lines The Balearic Islands might be found if your dictionary has> The Balearic Islands might be found if your dictionary has > an appendix of geographical place names that is separate > from the common section - they are in the Mediterranean, > east of Spain, and the largest are Majorca (Mallorca) and > Minorca but the relatively tiny Ibiza (aka Iviza) is on > the IDM map courtesy of Paul Oakenfeld et. al - British > ravers favor the place on their hols although I recall a > semi-pornographic exploitation beach movie from the late > 70s called "Wild and Crazy in Ibiza" so I guess it's been > a popular destination for a while.
Speaking of which, The Economist has an article on Ibiza in this week's issue: http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/br5844.html ``The British invasion of Ibiza: Our man raves all night and comes back with the facts'' __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org