So, you're the United States of All of America, right?
USAA it is. :)
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 23/01/2008, at 2:08 PM, <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As soon as Canada renames itself to The United Canadian Provinces
> of North America I'll not be surprised to hear them refer to
> themselves as "Americans". So, why should it be surprising that
> people from the country whose name is "The United States of
> America" refer to themselves as Americans? Somehow, "United
> Statesians" doesn't have the right ring to it.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>> -------Original Message-------
>> From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [OM] Re: List is slow!
>> Sent: Jan 22 '08 21:34
>>
>>
>> Is it a nationality? I would have thought that 'American' should
>> apply to anyone from the Americas, north or south. How exactly did
>> you guys get to appropriate the general term for yourselves
>> specifically? Seems a tad arrogant to me to assume that your the
>> only
>> denizens of the continents worthy of the title.
>>
>> Andrew Fildes (who just woke up looking for an argument as usual)
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On 23/01/2008, at 7:01 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Damn! You'd think I could spell my own nationality! Sigh. Maybe
>>> that's why I won so many awards as a newspaper editor. <g>
>>>
>>> --Bob Whitmire
>>> www.bwp33.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 22, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> That sounds awfully like Ameericans in an election year, or any
>>>> other
>>>> year, for that matter.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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