[lbo-talk] March 4

Andy andy274 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 8 17:08:47 PST 2010


On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:


> I don't think that's the same.  I was in Colombia a few times about eight
> years ago.  The first trip I kept looking for the right term to call people
> from the U.S.  Then I realized everyone I was talking to called people from
> the U.S. "Americans."

The only nationality I've ever known to trip over the US/American thing are Czechs, I suspect because their recent immigrant ties are at least as strong as Canada as with the US. Not that I've ever heard Canadians make a fuss about this (<insert stereotype>).

-- Andy



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