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Author: tony coopertony cooper Date: Sep 19, 2007 11:48
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:33:00 -0700, Arcadian Rises
aol.com> wrote:
>On Sep 19, 10:33?am, cybercypher aol.com> wrote:>> Arcadian Rises aol.com> wrote
>>>>> What is a "July American"?
>>
>>> Context provided upon request, i.e. in case this is not a time-
>>> honored, well known phrase.
>>
>> Certainly not a time-honored, well-known phrase to this American.
>
>Then context is mandatory, as I can see also from Nancy's answer
>above. There is no way to avoid it and I can only hope you won't draw
>any conclusions about my reading selections.
>
>This is the first sentence from Acknowledgments of Tina Brown's "The
>Diana Chronicles":
>
><
>chance to spend so much time in London, after twenty-two years of
>living in New York and only visiting my mother country as what the
>Princess of Wales used to call a July American.>>
>
>The above is a verbatim reproduction, I did not move, add or miss any
>coma or letter.
>
>Perhaps our friends from Rightpondia will enlighten us about the true
>meaning of "July American".
Guessing here...Tina Brown has spent 22 years living in New York, but
is English by birth. An American who lives 22 years in the UK might
become "English", but reverts to being an American on July 4th; our
Independence Day. That is the day the American would think most of
his/her home country because July 4th has a meaning to an American
beyond just the day after the 3rd and the day before the 5th.
The phrase "July American" has no significance in the US.
--
Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
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