Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 21, 2001, 0:36 |
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David Stokes wrote:
> But Canada is part of America, the continent that is.
>
> What bugs me is when people use "America" to refer to the "United
> States".
Hence, the use of "norteamericano" in Latin America for United
Statesians.
> But it looks like I'm fighting a losing
> battle on this one, since its in common use and there's not much I can
> do about it. :)
In my con-future, the continents came to be renamed North and South
Columbica. :-)
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