| Brian Nelson 2004-09-06, 5:51 pm |
| On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 05:24:21PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> Brian Nelson wrote:
>
> Are you saying that Canadians are not Americans? That Mexicans are not
> Americans? Than Panamanians are not Americans? That Chileans are not
> Americans? That Mayans are not Americans? That the Iroquois are not
> Americans?
Yes, that is the common usage.
> I am not asking if you would call them that in common usage, since few
> people in the USA refer to President Bush as an American, but instead as
> a Texan.
Uh, what? Of course he's also referred to as an American. Maybe many
Americans refer to him as a Texan to try to distance themselves from
him, since coming from Texas is an excuse for being an imbecile. :P
Of course, he was actually born in Conneticut, but whatever...
Why you think the common usage that is recognized throughout the world
shouldn't matter is completely beyond me.
> I am asking if a Canadian told you that he was also an American (even
> though he was not from the USA, and had never been in the USA, and
> exactly none of his ancestors were from or ever in the USA) would you
> argue with him and claim that he was wrong?
Heh. As if any self-respecting Canadian would *ever* refer to
themselves as "American"...
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