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October 21st 06, 12:16 PM
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French Inventions (answers)
"Chris" wrote in message ... 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. Bell wasn't in Canada or Scotland. He did move to Canada from Scotland in 1870, but he moved to the US the following year. His work on the telephone took place in Boston. 
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