...> Hatunen wrote: Although we are not on a remote island as you are, we will have a bit of a problem trying it on a wide enough basis for gathering significant data. But I will ask of my visiting Pilipino friends in a few weeks. Hmmm, that's a country that has been a part of the US empire until relatively recent times. At my office, I have access to educated people born and raised in a ...

... Hatunen wrote: Although we are not on a remote island as you are, we will have a bit of a problem trying it on a wide enough basis for gathering significant data. But I will ask of my visiting Pilipino friends in a few weeks. Hmmm, that's a country that has been a part of the US empire until relatively recent times. At my office, I have access to educated people born and raised in a relatively large number ...

...: _The Yanks Are Coming_. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035576/ You know: Q. Why won't Hitler go to the dentist? A. He's afraid of the Yanks. I lived for well over a decade in Daly City, California, sometimes known as Little Manila, and I never heard a Pilipino refer to us as "yanks" either. I suspect they wouldn't know what I was talking about if I used the term. -- Peter Duncanson, UK (in alt.english.usage)