On 04-Feb-2005/15:57 -0600, "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >I understand, truly I do, that it would feel idiotic to call each other >"USA-tians" or something just as silly, and that referring to their >country as "America" is the single most comfortable and convenient >contraction for "The United States of America". It is simply natural. > >But I find it both amusing and sad that (to give only one example) I once >met a numbskull who nearly ended up in a fight by insisting to a bunch of >Canadians and Mexicans that none of them were Americans. I generally say I'm an American or that I'm from "the U.S.". Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Ctony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%3E> AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.greene-family.org/tony/> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/>
