Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!myers From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.nlang Subject: Re: One for our side Message-ID: <1654@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 12:52:36 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1654 Posted: Tue Nov 5 12:52:36 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 05:47:15 EST References: <973@decwrl.UUCP> <12580@rochester.UUCP> <1587@uwmacc.UUCP> <1385@ihlpg.UUCP> <348@ubvax.UUCP> <316@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: Ken Kopp's Fresh Seafood Tank Lines: 19 Xref: linus net.politics:11181 net.nlang:3391 > > Yes, it is a problem that there are several geographical and political > entities whose names are some variant on "America". But residents of > the United States of America have no more or less right than residents > of South America to call themselves "Americans". However, except for > residents of the US of A, all the other Americans have other > country-name-based designations (e.g. "Brazilians", "Mexicans", > "Canadians"); why do they want our name? > -- > Barry Margolin > ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics > UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar Hm...I'm not sure what point you are trying to make, but remember that people who live in the CONTINENT of Europe are called Europeans; people who live in Asia are Asians; people who live in Africa are called Africans; if someone calls themself an American, things are less clear. Yow! I am having fun. Zippy the Pinhead