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andyjohnson0
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Before camping got wimpy: Roughing it with the Vic...
Fascinating. I didnt realise that contemporary Americans refer to Americans of that era as "Victorians".
bin_bash
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We don’t—I wonder if the author is Canadian or something.
pbourke
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Seems odd to me to call Americans of that time Victorians, but it’s common to say they lived in “Victorian” style houses.
emerged
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That’s because nobody does.
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