Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 22:43:28 -0700 From: wes@intele.net To: Cat Okita <cat@ghost.uunet.ca> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: American vs. North/South American (was Re: Advice/Recommendation needed) Message-ID: <199604050543.WAA00208@obie.softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960403093416.9710B-100000@ghost.uunet.ca> References: <199604031244.OAA13343@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> <Pine.SUN.3.91.960403093416.9710B-100000@ghost.uunet.ca>
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Cat Okita writes:
> '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 :>
Damned whiteback. ;^)
> (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")
Everyone can speak "American" if I just say it slow enough. Of course,
to speak Canajun, you just have to speak American, but screw up the
vowels and say "eh" at the end of every sentence: that's ABOOT it, eh?
> ...and now that I've packed a good load of flame-bait into one message
> *wry grin*...it's time to go...
We win. We have more nuclear missiles. Hah!
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