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- From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
- Subject: Re: University of Texas conflict
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.163418.17021@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <C17pCr.2ID@ecf.toronto.edu> <1993Jan22.021558.6312@rpp386> <1993Jan22.155616.11737@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 21:34:18 GMT
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- mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >>After all, we're "Americans" and we live in "America" ...
- >
- >Well, actually, John, so do they . . .
- >[As do people in Brazil, Honduras, etc.]
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- Hate to burst your bubble, but no Canadians consider themselves to be
- "Americans". "North Americans" maybe, although that term is never used.
- To anyone here, "American" means resident of USA, and "America" (as opposed
- to "The Americas") means USA.
-
- regards,
-