If you are correct then "My fellow Americans" would sound silly to us today. It's what you get used to.
Sincerely, Jason McMahon 8079 Village Drive Cincinnati, OH 45242-4315 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] http://gutausse.weebly.com/articles.html <http://gutausse.blogspot.com/> http://gutausse.blogspot.com <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-mcmahon/11/743/51b> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-mcmahon/11/743/51b Note: New E-mail address. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Earl Wertheimer Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 10:36 AM To: Thorsten Evans; [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] TGIF! <OFF-TOPIC> > Has everyone heard how Canada got it's name? What I find interesting is that Columbia was named after Christopher Columbus. Bolivia was named after Simon Bolivar. Peru was named after Biru, a local ruler. All of them use the last or single name. Why was America named using the first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci? Shouldn't we be living in North Vespucci? Shouldn't the USA be the USV? United States of Vespucci? I keep thinking how much more interesting Kennedy's speak would have been: "My fellow Vespuccians..." ...have a nice weekend... Earl Wertheimer [email protected] <mailto:earlw%40spe-edi.com> http://www.spe-edi.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
