Gregg Iverson wrote:
>
> Last I heard Canada was still in (North) America! But somehow we folks
> from the USA have acquired the name "Americans".
>
> Gregg
I guess that's because United Statesians is just too awkward. Maybe
Colombians would be better? Naw, already taken. As a true son of the
South I refuse to be called a Yankee. Guess we're stuck with American,
with apologies to all the other "Americans" north and south of the USA.
Jerry Liles
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