It Was Not a Draw; Both Americans and Canadians

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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

Note:
(a) Alistair
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair
(the Anglicized spelling of the Gaelic form of the name Alexander

pronunciation:
http://www.pronouncenames.com/search?name=alistair
(b) The French surname Laroche is from Old French roche ‘rocky crag’, ‘stony outcrop.’
(i) It is like Stone as English surname (as in actress Sharon Stone).
(ii) The "la" is a French feminine, singular definite article. see French articles and determiners
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_articles_and_determiners
(section 1.1 Definite article)

pronunciation:
http://www.pronouncenames.com/search?name=Laroche
(c) Niagara-on-the-Lake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake
(located in province of Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario; located across the Niagara river from Youngstown, New York, USA)

(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