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Damian
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Originally posted by Brad from Georgia:
....the point in question was whether World War I had been called a "world" war before 1939. It had.
Over here it was referred to as "The Great War", meaning "large" not "fantastic". Why would you refer to it as WW1 unless you expected there to be a WW2?

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Ganzfeld
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Maybe it was a pun on "World War Won" [fish] ouch
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Perhaps W should do what Stalin did and call it "The Great Patriotic War"? It fits the rhethric surrounding it nicely.

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