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To: Ilaine who wrote (205039)	10/3/2006 4:04:49 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

Interesting. <It's actually "Jacksonian." After President Andrew Jackson, the first American President who wasn't from the British upper crust, but from the Border "upper crust" (such as it was). The Border region being the rough lands along the English Scottish border that got taken and taken back countless times over centuries. > Combined with the meticulous order-following teutons. I'd add that while living Antwerp, it became apparent that Belgium and Britain had a lot in common, linquistically, but it wasn't England, it was northern. The Flemish are quite teutonic in their style - very different from the French [bottom part of Belgium]. Which is not surprising, being just over the border from modern Germany with not a lot of mountains or other natural barriers between. I suppose that people from the area had long ago gone over the channel to northern England/Scotland [unlikely the reverse]. So, the Jacksonian isn't so much Border Region as Flemish, or Germanic. Given our vaunted "free will" it's surprising how much of our personality derive straight from our antecedents. I compare us to dogs. Sure, we have some individuality, but a labrador's personality is different from a poodles, which is different from a beagle, which is different from an alsatian. Indeed, one could go so far as to say people are like their dogs. So, Alsacians are like alsatians, Beagle Boys like beagles, labrador owners like labradors, bulldog owners like bulldogs, pit bull owners should be gaoled, etc. One could find out what is the most common type of dog in a country and find the national personality on that fact alone. I wonder if somebody has done that. Maybe Google already knows. People choose their dogs to reflect themselves, then mould its personality even more to themselves. By their dogs and children you can know them. Mqurice