Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 09:40:08 -0500 From: Cat Okita <cat@ghost.uunet.ca> To: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice/Recommendation needed Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960403093416.9710B-100000@ghost.uunet.ca> In-Reply-To: <199604031244.OAA13343@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de>
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On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Greg Lehey wrote: > > Canada is in America as much as Switzerland or France is in Germay. > > Canada is in America as much as Switzerland or France are in Europe. America (at least over here) typically refers to the United States of America. The two continents, North and South America are known as the 'Americas'. > Switzerland and France are in *West* Europe, but that's just a change > of compass direction. Urm...never realized that 'West Europe' was the name of a continent :> > Why allow the United States to claim to be all of America? We don't allow the United States of America to claim that they're all of *North* (or South for that matter) America. We do however do our absolute best to ensure that people *don't* associate Canada with 'America'. 'America' is definately slang for the USA, and I'd rather leave that name and reputation to them, than try and spend years cleaning it up :> (I've found travelling abroad that Canadians get a *much* better reception than 'Americans' - I've also found travelling that I can understand why! Some of my best friends are from the US, but the sterotype of the American tourist is unfortunately accurate "IF I YELL THEY'LL UNDERSTAND ME THEY'RE JUST ALL STUPID HERE SO I HAVE TO YELL") ...and now that I've packed a good load of flame-bait into one message *wry grin*...it's time to go... cheers! Cat
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