Joseph DeMartino wrote:
> On Sep 13, 2:09 pm, Kathryn Huxtable 
> wrote:
>> The "Holy Roman Empire". I think it was Voltaire who
pointed out that
>> it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. There should be a word
>> for such things... Maybe there is.
> 
> A line later adapted to describe the German Democratic Republic (the
> former East Germany) which wasn't German, Democratic or a Republic.
> But it did occupy some of the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, so
> at least there was symmetry.  

   What do you mean "wasn't German"? What else was it?

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