Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No Canadian considers him/her self an "American", regardless of what Europeans learn in school. And regardless of what countries you wish to include in the "Americas", an "American" is a resident of the United States of America, nothing more. Dan C. At 04:02 PM 11-02-99 -0400, you wrote: >Marc: > >Remember Canadians did burn down the Whitehouse the last time Americans >thought Canada should be part of America :-) Seriously though, most >Europeans learn English from the British and their dictionaries define an >American as being from North America. > >Regards, > >Robert > >At 01:14 PM 2/11/99 -0500, you wrote: >>At 07:42 PM 1999-02-10 -0800, the Bovine Cuprophiliac Ted Grant wrote: >>>Well the next post we'll see from someone is that Canada is part of the >>>North American continent, ergo it is already part of America! :) So that's >>>a big deal! >> >> >>Well, you KNOW what Canadians only admit to each other, that Canada is the >>Great Lost Hope of Western Civilization: it could have had British >>governance, French culture, and American industry and, instead, ended up >>with French government, American culture, and British industry .... >> >>And I'm actually working on a book on the Midland Ontario plant with a >>Canadian -- there ARE a couple of dem guyz who still speak to me! >> >>Marc >> >>msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! >> >> >> >> >> > > >