The concept that Canada was one nation and its citizens unhyphenated, in Diefenbaker's words, had to be set aside.

Also we discovered what is still more curious, an English version of the black-letter Latin.

Vegetarian Hakka noodles are held forth as a dish from the Hakka region of China that has been re-created in India's Chinatowns for at least a century. It's just that somehow, they've become Indian.

Oh, we are from Osthalla, says one of them, we are going to the Veien dairy to keep the wedding; the one who drives in front is the parson, next are the bride and bridegroom, and I am his father-in-law.