标题: It Was Not a Draw; Both Americans and Canadians [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 6-20-2012 11:41 标题: It Was Not a Draw; Both Americans and Canadians 本帖最后由 choi 于 6-20-2012 14:55 编辑
Think They Won War of 1812
Alistair MacDonald, Along the US-Canadian Border, Skirmishes Persist Over War of 1812; 200 years later, both sides feel like winners; Dueling celebrations at Forts. Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2012. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 68423362089922.html
(d) The English and Scottish surname Trumbull is a variant of Trumble. The latter is derived from Old English personal name, Trumbeald, composed of the elements trum ‘strong’, ‘firm’ + beald ‘bold’, ‘brave.’
(e) Laura Secord http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Secord
(f) There is no Wiki page for Betsy Doyle. In fact, few information exists in the Web about her.
Betsy Doyle Named Woman of Distinction. Buffalo News, Mar 19, 2012 http://www.buffalonews.com/city/ ... y/article770357.ece
(g) Regarding "Them's fightin' words."
* What does 'fighting words' mean? Your Dictionary, undated http://idioms.yourdictionary.com/fighting-words
("A statement bound to start a quarrel or fight. It is often expressed as them's fighting words, as in You say your father's smarter than mine? Them's fighting words. The ungrammatical use of them's for 'those are' emphasizes the folksy tone of this colloquialism, first recorded in Ring Lardner's Gullible's Travels (1917). The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer, 2003")
* Is 'Them’s fighting words' a right and received English expression? English Language & Usage, July 12, 2011 http://english.stackexchange.com ... -english-expression
("It's not grammatically correct; it's a common joking play on bad grammar, particularly on Southern U.S. dialects. I don't know exactly when it was coined for popular usage, but the Looney Tunes cartoons of the 1930s through 1950s certainly made good use of it")
(h) Elkhart, Indiana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkhart,_Indiana