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Re: China

Posted by Gary on November 13, 2003

In Reply to: China posted by Lotg on November 13, 2003

: OK, I suspect I'm going to suffer for this one. I was buying china for my restaurant, when it occurred to me - like a lightening bolt of course - hehe, why is china, called china? Did it start in China? Was it invented in China?

Yes, me old china, it was.