| Hamish Moffatt 2004-09-07, 7:51 am |
| On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 05:24:21PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> 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.
Few people in the rest of the world would make the distinction.
(And given that they're the *United* States, why would you?)
> 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?
Please present one self-respecting Canadian who wants to be called
American? ;-)
Hamish
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