I will concede to Acroorca (and his multitude of Roman friends) that "multi-"
would best be restricted on etymological grounds to a meaning of more than two.
Thanks for the lesson. I will endeavor to choose my prefixes more carefully in
the future.
I agree that tripoints and other points of even greater magnitude are the only
multipoints.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "acroorca2002" <orc@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:22 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Interprovincial municipality, ABSK
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> While I certainly meant that Lloydminster is bijurisdictionally
chartered, I
> also included the term "multijurisdictionally" as a sop to any
possible example
> elsewhere that might be chartered by whatever number of
jurisdictions. To me,
> the prefix "multi-" refers to two or more. My dictionary says that
it can mean
> either "more than one" or "more than two."
hahahaha
ok i take it back
you can mean this if you like
hahaha
but hey then that means all these multipoints some of us have
been chasing all these years werent so precious after all
hahahahaha
& the joke is really on us all rather than just me
haha you guys
yow i can hardly believe it
& so all boundary points are really multipoints after all
dohh
hahahaha
not just the real multipoints
hahaha
how stupid of me
& the multipoints now must become megapoints
as the megapoints become gigapoints
& the gigapoints maxipoints
& finally but first of all
even all the nonboundarypoints too may now at last rise to the
level of boundarypoints
in equally well earned promotion by association
but i am sure glad you finally arrived to rescue us from the
magnificence of all our delusions
hahaha
& think of the multitudes of romans
indeed all 2 of them
rolling over with laughter as well
in both of their several graves
very well indeed
> While tripoints are the primary topic of the group, it appears
that most of the
> discussions in the past have related to other boundary and
boundary function
> topics. This is probably due to the relative rarity of tripoints and
their
> sometimes relative inaccessibility (in waters, on mountains,
etc.). That being
> the case, I will feel free "yak" on at least a bit before returning to
pure
> unadulterated tripointism.
>
> I confess not knowing much about St. Regis. Is there one
municipal government,
> jointly chartered by New York and Québec (à la Lloydminster),
or are there two
> separately-chartered municipal governments that cooperate in
certain functions
> (à la the Texarkanas)? A brief bit of web searching seems to
show that the US
> reservation is governed by the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council
(three chiefs,
> three sub-chiefs, and a tribal clerk), while the adjoining
Canadian reservation
> is separately governed by the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
(one chief and eleven
> councilors). Am I wrong?
no my friend you are right but white
real mohawk government is unified
entirely local
& sheerest panarchy
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_000
700_akwesasne.htm
says is best
but the whites see that as a jurisdictional nightmare
http://www.akwesasne.ca/
http://www.indiancountry.com/article/1054305629
& perhaps most typical of real mohawks in my experience
http://www.geocities.com/ericsquire/mohawk.htm
> All of this aside, I will discuss some US state tripoint matters in
a separate
> message later today--just in case the majority of members
have already baled on
> this message due to its "unprincipled or purely associative"
nature. :-)
>
> For those who have followed all the way to the end, I thank you.
you are welcome
thank you
we are with you