From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham
	autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Thread: 103376,669a55b97e33b430
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
Path: 
 g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s21.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail
From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Happy Birthda Ada Lovelace
References: 
 <fc2c23d2-6df0-4f5c-9fec-bcbca24deb57@m22g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>
 <lRS%k.418700$TT4.378730@attbi_s22>
In-Reply-To: <lRS%k.418700$TT4.378730@attbi_s22>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-ID: <Jjz0l.477228$yE1.346586@attbi_s21>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.16.158.68
X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com
X-Trace: attbi_s21 1229111657 173.16.158.68 (Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:54:17 GMT)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:54:17 GMT
Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:54:17 GMT
Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2980
Date: 2008-12-12T19:54:17+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
> 
> Actually, Ada married William King. It was when he became an earl 
> through inheritance that she became a countess.

I blew that. King was Baron King when Ada married him, so she became Lady King. 
He was made 1st Earl of Lovelace after they married, and that is when Ada became 
Countess of Lovelace.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate."
Monty Python's the Meaning of Life
56