[78-L] ^ Story of the LP

[Michael Biel]

Chris Zwarg wrote:
> At 17:39 01.12.2008, you wrote:
>   
>> er... wouldn't that be the 90th anniversary?
>> M
>>     
>
> Not quite - before Sep.1st 1939, there was no reason to call it "FIRST" World War; usually English-speaking people referred to the 1914-18 war simply as "The Great War".
>
> Chris Zwarg
>
>   

Then shouldn't we call the 1939 war "The Greater War"?  Or maybe "The 
Greatest War" as in "The Greatest Generation"?   And since the U.S. and 
most of Asia did not enter the war until 1941, was it really called WW 
II before then? 



>> *******
>>
>> David Lennick wrote:
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>>> And by yet that same token (which is getting to be pretty popular), September 
>>> 2009 will be the 70th anniversary of World War I.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> Dnjchi at aol.com wrote:
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>>>>  
>>>> In a message dated 12/1/2008 10:15:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>>>> burnhamd at rogers.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> By the  same token, from what I recall of the few years I spent on this 
>>>> planet before  1948 and from any record related items from that period that I've 
>>>> read,  no record was referred to as a "78" before 1948.  So, as I've alluded to  
>>>> in previous postings, this is also the 60th anniversary of the  "78".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And, by rough calculation, about the 106th anniversary of the "80".
>>>> dc
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> __________________
And about the 120th anniversary of the 120, 115th of the 144, and 108th 
of the 160. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com