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Today's Sun has a report about "my" favourite neighbourhood, Manhattan in microcosm ...

McTag, If the houses were constructed during the Victorian era, why would it be odd to refer to the period as Victorian? Or am I misunderstanding your comment?

Roberta wrote:

McTag, If the houses were constructed during the Victorian era, why would it be odd to refer to the period as Victorian? Or am I misunderstanding your comment?

Possibly you are. I was referring to the apparent readiness of Americans to measure time by British monarchs.
Didn't we cut you adrift in 1776, to try to manage on your own?

:wink:

Roberta wrote:

McTag, If the houses were constructed during the Victorian era, why would it be odd to refer to the period as Victorian? Or am I misunderstanding your comment?

Possibly you are. I was referring to the apparent readiness of Americans to measure time by British monarchs.
Didn't we cut you adrift in 1776, to try to manage on your own?

:wink:

Roberta wrote:

McTag, If the houses were constructed during the Victorian era, why would it be odd to refer to the period as Victorian? Or am I misunderstanding your comment?

Possibly you are. I was referring to the apparent readiness of Americans to measure time by British monarchs.
Didn't we cut you adrift in 1776, to try to manage on your own?

:wink:

...........1783 Treaty of Paris. Under the terms of the treaty, which ended the War of the American Revolution, Great Britain officially acknowledged the United States as a sovereign and independent nation.