| David Palmer 2004-09-05, 7:47 am |
| Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
>
> The English word American means two different things, and it is
> ambiguous. It means "a person from the United States" and it means
> "a person from the Americas". Context normally disambugates. What
> is offensive is someone from France or Australia declaring that they
> will tell us how we ought to sort it out.
>
> Thomas
>
>
"It's" South America, Central America and North America by way of
America's own definitions as stated here:-
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/mapspub/159.shtml
But we'll qualify that by calling Canadians, Canadian.
Which is how they like it for obscure though doubtless interesting reasons.
Don't mind me, I'm just a New Zealander in Australia telling you how to
sort it out according to your own definitions.
HAND.
Regards,
David.
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