Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions
From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
Date: | Thursday, March 22, 2001, 21:16 |
> En réponse à Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>:
>
> > Me too! There is one and ONLY one acceptable self-designation for
> > citizens
> > of the United States of AMERICA, and that is American. You may call us
> > whatever you wish when speaking of us in French or German or Swahili or
> > Russian or Spanish, but when speaking to us in English PLEASE have the
> > courtesy to call us by our self-designation!!! Call me an
> > estadoeunidienso
> > (or whatever) in Spanish if you so desire (We call no one by their
> > self-designations either.), but when speaking English call me an
> > American.
> > How incredibly arrogant to try to force another people to change their
> > name
> > for themselves!!!
> >
Just being facetious: what if I speak, Canadian ;)
-----ferko
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