On Wednesday 18 July 2007 16:48, Jerry Wolper wrote: > > Everybody understands an "American" to be from the United States. > > This isn't the first time that South American ProFoxers have made > this point, so "everybody" doesn't have the same understanding.
Hi Jerry! I think non Foxers from Chile call themselves Chilean although they may use a word in Spanish to say it. I think the people in Brazil say Brazilian although they may use a word in Spanish to say it. Thus with each country in central and south America. Let's be sure we don't feed the troll (s). I am an old man, and "Americans" have been what US citizens have been called for as long as I can remember. This "Political Correctness" stuff about African Americans (some of whom, it has been pointed out, are WHITE), Mexican Americans, Italian Americans, Polish Americans and even American Indians is all in just the last twenty or thirty years. Started when the Ds started to lose elections, echoing their frustrated sense of irrelevance. -- 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.
