i'm sure that ta-ta is an approximate pronunciation of the word 44teta44 in spanish. 44tetas44 are tits.
america is only one continent spanning from the northernmost tip in canada to the southernmost bit in argentina. this is a GEOLOGICAL fact. i was very surprised to read in the new york times the other day that until the argentine team beat the nba team a few weeks ago, the nba team had never been beaten by a team from ANOTHER continent. hello? argentina and the us in different continents? and this is in the NYT? whatever happened to editors? then i was astonished to learn that us children learn that there are SEVEN continents, SOUTH america being one of them. oh dear... americo vespucio never reached north america. on his 4 -- some say 5 -- voyages, he reached what are now known as venezuela, brazil and patagonia (southern argentina). when he arrived at the strait that would later be crossed by magellan, he proved that this mass of land (the american continent) was not a part of an asian peninsula (vespucio had been commissioned to find alternative routes to asia by the italians and later by the portuguese) but a new continent. thus the name 44america44 in his honor. why people from the US call themselves americans is a mystery to me, but at least i know that it doesn't have anything to do with americo vespucio. wallyK
