Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:16:06 -0500 (EST) From: "Stephen F. Combs" <combssf@salem.ge.com> To: Cat Okita <cat@ghost.uunet.ca> Cc: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advice/Recommendation needed Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.92.960403101116.27558Z-100000@combs.salem.ge.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960403093416.9710B-100000@ghost.uunet.ca>
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It's amazing. In '67 (at Expo67 in Montreal(sp?)) I was hacked
unmercifully for calling myself an 'American' ('What? Canada isn't part of
America??????'). In '89 (in Ottawa) everyone called me an American and
they were Canadians. I had it beat into me (not literally) that Canadians
WERE Americans in '67, but amazingly enough, Canada must have broken off
and formed a seperate continent!;->
In their defense, I've seen the same 'Ugly American' attitude in my
travels thru Europe and the Far East. I try very hard not to do that kind
of thing.
'Eh?
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On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Cat Okita wrote:
> 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
>
> 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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