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Subject: Re: Why Victorian? Posted on: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 21:05:50 CST



no spam wrote:

> In article ,
> Woody wrote:
>
>>I was puzzled as to why Americans call B&Bs from
>>the 19th Century, Victorian? Shouldn't the time period be named after one
>>of your presidents rather than one of our queens?
>
>
> Most mainstream American culture is stolen from the English.
> Other influences are hidden in small neighborhoods like "Chinatown"
> or "Little Italy". US Presidents rule for too short a time to have
> any long-term influence on society, except for starting wars.


And they serve instead of rule.