"PPL-A (Canada)" wrote in message
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Greg Farris" wrote in message
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BONUS QUESTION:
What nationality can legitimately claim Radio broadcasting, the
Internal
Combustion Engine, and the Telephone? (ITALY)


Bell was a Scot.

No ... Alexander Graham Bell was a Canadian. He came to Canada at the
age of 23. The first practical, long distance telephone call was made
on August 10, 1876, by the then 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell from
downtown Brantford, Ontario to his assistant in Paris, Ontario, a
distance of about 10 miles.

PPL-A (Canada)

Ethnically he was a Scot and always will be. whether he was in Canada or
Scotland he was still a subject of the Crown until he became an American
citizen. Even then he was still a Scot. That heritage is important. Try
being in Edinburgh in the summer where there seem to be millions of N
Americans trying to find their Scottish roots, all wearing silly tartan
hats.