On Tuesday 01 May 2007 10:25 pm, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > Michael Madigan wrote: > > And I've enjoyed the last four years of your > > anti-American rhetoric. > > That's an outright lie! He's never said anything against Canada, or > Mexico, or Honduras, or Argentina, or Chile, or Brazil. > Hey, S. for brains! Pull yourself together and learn some geography!
Hi Ricardo! "America" is an idiom in the US for "The United States of America". It is only recently that the countries you mentioned were part of the everyday consciousness here, for a number of reasons. When we want to say "Canada" we say "Canada", and so on. It is likely that some of the linguistic short cuts commonly used in these countries you mention could be construed by US citizens as dismissive or derogatory as well. -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
