Re: English word order and bumper stickers

Ray Brown wrote:

> I see both LeftPondians & RightPondians use the name of country,
> region etc when the mean the people  :)
I think there are some differences in usage. I remember a few years
ago (no prizes for guessing which year) there was an argument on a
newsgroup when someone made a claim about the total amount of
terrorism (e.g. IRA) that is funded by America. The word "America", in
this context, was almost universally taken by Americans to mean "the
American government", whereas it was almost universally taken by
non-Americans to mean "the American populace".

Adrian.

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