nunavut andru235 is here at last (199x) way to go, westerners! it only took you 500 years to establish a legitamate native american nation! cuz we all know how independent the u.s. really considers those 500 'sovereign' indian nations to be! (according to 450-odd treaties) but finally, canada gets it! congratulation! cong-ratu! hooray! hooray for Iqualuit! hooray for Baffin Island! congratulation! 050831 ... afrika crumples Nunavut isn't a nation, silly, it's a territory, and we had two other ones already. Arguments proceed over pronunciations: Nunavut: NOON-uh-voot NOON-uh-veut NOON-uh-vut NEUN-uh-voot NEUN-uh-veut NEUN-uh-vut NUN-uh-veut NUN-uh-vut Iqaluit: EEK-wuh-loot EEK-uh-loot eek-AH-loo-it ick-AH-loo-it 050831 ... afrika crumples Nunavut isn't a nation, silly, it's a territory, and we had two other ones already. Arguments proceed over pronunciations: Nunavut: NOON-uh-voot NOON-uh-veut NOON-uh-vut NEUN-uh-voot NEUN-uh-veut NEUN-uh-vut NUN-uh-veut NUN-uh-vut Iqaluit: EEK-wuh-loot EEK-uh-loot eek-AH-loo-it ick-AH-loo-it 050831 ... andru235 according to national geographic it is an autonomous unit. that makes it a nation! if it isn't autonomous, then i'm not that impressed. 050901 ... andru235 oh, who am i kidding. yes i am. i am impressed. 050901 ... pete due to a labour dispute i get nunavut weather on cbc radio... i also get endless cbc radio 2 programming on cbc radio 1... come back quirks and quarks!! 050902 what's it to you? who go blather from