Cancel "Re: auditions"

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 19:51:11 -0000, "David Lee"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>charles  wrote:
>>
>> Is it?  There's a State of North Carolina & a State of South Carolina.
>>
>> According to my world atlas, there are towns called Carolina in Brazil,
>South
>> Africa & Puerto Rica.
>
>...apart from which why should it necessarily be named after a place, or be
>English language in derivation?  "Opera CarolEEna" could suggest something
>else entirely (dedicated to 17th C English opera perhaps or some other
>Charles or Caroline?) - in fact that's how I first read it!  But then I
>always tend to read "Parceline" as "ParchelEEna", so perhaps it's just me!
>
>David
>

Ahh, I admit being guilty of the sin of the unqualified Carolina.
On the other hand this took about 15 seconds to find (prob'ly about 15
seconds longer than the original whining response did) and should
clarify anyone's doubts as to the Carolina in question:
http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/users/bsy/area.html
You're welcome.