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To: mamelukesabre
No, it would be like saying that the English invented Phonetic writing.

And no the Turks bred (not invented) a type of tobacco plant that is used in some (not all) cigarettes. However the plant they used was originally bred in the Americas along with a number of other tobacco plant strains.

So sorry, the Turks are not the inventors of, well, much of anything.

94 posted on 02/20/2011 5:30:15 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (When all you have is bolt cutters & vodka everything looks like the lock on Wolf Blitzer's boathouse)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

All american cigs use turkish style tobacco. The turks perfected it. THat’s why it’s called turkish tobacco.


95 posted on 02/20/2011 6:11:09 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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