>> Wendy writes: >An Irish friend of mine
>> once told me that she viewed Canadians as "stupidly nationalistic", on
>> account of their tendency to plaster the maple leaf all over
>> themselves whenever they leave North America.<
Of course, that could be USians trying to pass themselves off as Canadians. A Canadian friend says on two separate occasions he caught US people sporting the maple leaf during a recent trip to Greece.
Jenny Brown