Comments on: 1 September 2003 – A day that will live in infamy

By: Francois Brutsch

Francois Brutsch — Sun, 07 Sep 2003 03:33:48 +0000

Great! Linked to you on the blog “Un swissroll” which also deals with some European issues despite being from another planet: Switzerland…

By: Jonathan Edelstein

Jonathan Edelstein — Sat, 06 Sep 2003 22:13:21 +0000

Great site, guys. I’ve updated my sidebar.

By: plig

plig — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 19:45:33 +0000

A technical note:
Should the words “Strike most of this” really appear under the link heading “NOT WEBLOGS”?

By: David Weman

David Weman — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:22:59 +0000

Markus, no that was me, as with the entire blogroll.

By: Chris Brooke

Chris Brooke — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:20:09 +0000

Was it just the American influence which led to the ALP being spelt the way it is? I think I thought that it had something to do with the influence that early-twentieth-century Bernard Shaw-inspired projects for the reform of spelling had among socialists around the world, but that’s probably just a product of my general tendency to see the world as slightly sillier than it is.

By: markus

markus — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 14:26:42 +0000

great idea, thanks for blogrolling me (probably Tobias work, I guess)

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 13:50:06 +0000

Re: Laboring Australians – Glad to have something that is demonstrably our fault, rather than having the blame simply asserted or, worse yet, assumed!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 03 Sep 2003 16:54:25 +0000

Chris, re: Australians’ confusion over spelling ‘labour’, according to the official party history, it’s the Americans fault. Where was Arthur Henderson when our spelling needed promoting?

“During the early years of the ALP, the Party was referred to by various titles differing from colony to colony. It was at the 1908 Interstate (federal) Conference that the name “Australian Labour Party” was adopted. In its shortened form the Party was frequently referred to as both ‘Labor’ and ‘Labour’, however the former spelling was adopted from 1912 onwards, due to the influence of the American labor movement.”

By: Chris Brooke

Chris Brooke — Wed, 03 Sep 2003 16:01:23 +0000

Apologies to all the Canadians out there. I’ll do my best to speak Canadian in future.

But what’s up with the Australians? They seem to celebrate Labour Day on different days in different states, only have a May Day holiday (following the UK practice by postponing it to the following Monday) in Queensland and the Northern Territory, and despite spelling “labour” with a “u” still insist on having an Australian Labor Party. That’s very peculiar.

By: Scott Martens

Scott Martens — Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:07:08 +0000

Chris – It’s “Labour Day.” Speak Canadian, eh? :^)