> From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] 135/3.5 repaired
>
> At 07:14 PM 3/21/2001 +1100, you wrote:
> >Er - Irony Garth.
>
> Yes, I caught it. Honest. ;-)
>
> > I can't understand how USians get away with calling
> >themselves 'Americans' as if they are the only inhabitants of the
> >continent.
>
> Actually, I suspect that the term became widespread via usage of *other*
> people referring to people
> from the States as "Americans."
"the" states? I guess it's just another example of the same phenomenon,
but there are actually not one but two countries in the continent of
North America which are both officially called the "United States". Are
there any Mexicans on the list?
Dylan
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