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 ====== Turkey ======
-A country straddling [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Whether it is one or 'tother is a matter for perpetual debate. Formerly the [[alternate history:Ottoman Empire]], although [[Abdul Hadi Pasha]] will now shout at me for claiming the two are in any way synonymous. Modern Turkey is a secular republic with freedom and democracy, and the army beats up anyone who disagrees.
+A country straddling [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Whether it is one or t'other is a matter for perpetual debate. Formerly the [[alternate history:Ottoman Empire]], although [[Abdul Hadi Pasha]] will now shout at me for claiming the two are in any way synonymous. Modern Turkey is a secular republic with freedom and democracy, and the army beats up anyone who disagrees.
 'Carving the Turkey' is a term for the partition of the Ottoman Empire.
-Turkey is also a [[North America|North American]] bird which is eaten at [[Thanksgiving]]. Benjamin Franklin put forth the turkey as a candidate for national bird. It's so called because Europeans in the 17th century assumed anything exotic //must// come from Turkey.
+Turkey is also a [[North America|North American]] bird which is eaten at [[Thanksgiving]]. Benjamin Franklin put forth the turkey as a candidate for national bird (well, so goes the legend - at least he thought it'd be better than the bald eagle). It's so called because Europeans in the 17th century assumed anything exotic //must// come from Turkey.
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