Joseph DeMartino wrote:   
   > On Sep 13, 2:09 pm, Kathryn Huxtable    
   > wrote:   
   >> The "Holy Roman Empire". I think it was Voltaire who pointed out that   
   >> it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. There should be a word   
   >> for such things... Maybe there is.   
   >    
   > A line later adapted to describe the German Democratic Republic (the   
   > former East Germany) which wasn't German, Democratic or a Republic.   
   > But it did occupy some of the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, so   
   > at least there was symmetry.     
      
      What do you mean "wasn't German"? What else was it?   
      
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