| Brian Nelson 2004-09-07, 5:58 pm |
| On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 09:11:21AM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
>
> Brian Nelson wrote:
>
>
> The evasion is simple: I asked a direct question. I failed to get a
> direct answer. The answer I got was an evasion. It was not even a proper
> mu[1].
Well, the whole point of my mail was that questions like this don't
matter. If Canadians went around calling themselves "American", then
yes, the term "American" would be ambiguous. However, this simply
doesn't happen. Canadians call themselves "Canadian", and maybe, but
very rarely, "North American". The only "Americans" are those from the
USA.
Really, the only continent whose inhabitants are often grouped together
in a single word is Europe[1]. Worrying about the other continents is
really just pointless.
[1] OK, ignoring the bizarre and idiotic PC term "Asian" (formerly
"Orientals") which in the US has come to refer to those with ancestors
in Eastern Asian countries.
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Blast you and your estrogenical treachery!
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