...be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely...description of its location. The current name is unsatisfactory: *all* nations consist of... sense than "America" or the "USA". People who live there would be... Nort America and its real name is "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (Mexican ... way, the captial of the USA is the District of Columbia, ...

... be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely...description of its location. The current name is unsatisfactory: *all* nations consist of...more sense than "America" or the "USA". People who live there would ... Nort America and its real name is "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (Mexican United States) so the name "United States of America" can be ...

Michel Catudal wrote: Le Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:54:41 +1300, Greg Procter a écrit : Can you think of _any_ nation that is totally homogeneous??? Québécois Acadien Cajun Mohawk Abenakis Cherokee Mik'mak Huron and many more Are those the people you've herded into concentration camps within the USa?

...> > Greg Procter wrote: Eric Schwartz wrote: Greg Procter <procter@ihug.co.nz> writes: No, I was refering to yank arrogance/insults overall. Check out the name of the building. So you're claiming that world trade did not go on there? World Trade goes on all around the world - my home office/study could be called "...

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:30:27 +1100, Bogart <reclaiming@name.not> wrote: On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:27:42 -0400, ...>On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:57:09 +1100, Bogart <reclaiming@name.not> wrote: :>On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:51:26 -0400,...was between two different "Bogart"s. Bill ---------------------------------------------------------------- Reverse halves of the user name for my e-address

...> wrote in message news:gTvMh.16306$Jl.8311@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... [...] When I was last in Mexico, I got into a bit of a disagreement about whether people from the USA ought to call themselves "Americans," and I just couldn't see why he thought the variety of English we speak ought to forced somehow to conform to his expectations, or why. ...

... wrote: Greg Procter wrote: Eric Schwartz wrote: Greg Procter <procter@ihug.co.nz> writes: No, I was refering to yank arrogance/insults overall. Check out the name of the building. So you're claiming that world trade did not go on there? World Trade goes on all around the world - my home office/study could be called "the World ...

....com> wrote in message news:gTvMh.16306$Jl.8311@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... [...] When I was last in Mexico, I got into a bit of a disagreement about whether people from the USA ought to call themselves "Americans," and I just couldn't see why he thought the variety of English we speak ought to forced somehow to conform to his expectations, or why. [...] ...

... Procter <procter@ihug.co.nz> writes: No, I was refering to yank arrogance/insults overall. Check out the name of the building. So you're claiming that world trade did not go on there? World Trade goes on... ner ner ner. Did someone else's world trade center get bombed? I hadn't noticed. Perhaps the terrorists were aiming to upset the USa rather than ...

... are suggesting that the 9/11 attacks are because the United States has hijacked the term "America". No, I was refering to yank arrogance/insults overall. Check out the name of the building. Well, if Americans are arrogant for calling a building "World Trade Center" then logically you must also think the folks in Macau are arrogant. So are the ones ...