On 29 Oct 2003 02:48:29 GMT, SR  ...
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>Has nothing to do with Japan, but there are many from the US who might be
>surprised by the answer...
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>
>> What do the following US states have in common?
>>
>> Kentucky
>> Vermont
>> Massachusetts
>> Illinois
>> New York
>> Minnesota
>> Michigan
>> Wisconsin
>> California
>> Iowa
>> Indiana
>>Maine
>>Ohio
>>West Virginia
>

they have all had battleships named after them.

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"No country hides itself behind the paper screen of cultural elitism like Japan,
which, considering they've bought their entire civilisation from other people's
hand-me-downs, is a bit of a liberty."