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Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg
Well-Connected

Mar-25-2005 17:45

Maybe I'm a bit slow - has the Shanghai Shoe maker always been "Larry Mills"?

I know some people aren't fond of not knowing the gender of people with foreign names (just pay attention!! :-P ), but - Larry Mills?????

Heh.

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Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn

Mar-26-2005 14:05

Larry Mills used to live in New York until he got (dare I say it?) Shanghaied!

Akano
Akano
Old Shoe

Mar-26-2005 14:57

I was waiting for someone to say that...

James_Lee
James_Lee

Mar-26-2005 20:29

i dont know, he seems like the gambling type

Graham Wellington
Graham Wellington

Mar-26-2005 21:36

Wasn't Shanghai, like, a British colony at one time?

Andy702
Andy702
Pinball Amateur

Mar-27-2005 02:49

Shanghai was never a British colony, though it was divided into concession areas and occupied by several people foreign to the region, including the British.

My guess is the name is a side effect of the fact that Shanghai was under foriegn rule for about 100 years; and if I remember right, the rulers were mostly European. I think the European rulers were mainly British and French, and that this rule (along with the fact that the city developed into an international financial center and a commercial port under foreign rule) is the main reason Shanghai was once called the Paris of the Orient.

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