Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Dan Cardish [mailto:dcardish@microtec.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 10:08 AM > > You have actually asked a Canadian, "Do you consider yourself an > American?", and they replied, "Yes"? I find this hard to > believe. I will > ask everyone I know that question, and see what comes up. > > Dan C. > > At 11:57 PM 29-09-99 -0500, Eric Welch wrote: > >At 05:13 PM 9/29/99 -0400, Dan Cardish wrote: > >>I'm a Canadian and I don't associate myself with the term > "American", > >>regardless of what geography teachers may teach their classes. > > > >Dan, > > > >You are the first Canadian I have ever heard take this > position. [snip] > Not this little black duck. When asked "Are you an American?" my only possible answer is "No". Simply sharing the continent of North America doesn't make us all Americans. This appellation is, through common usage, applied only to citizens of the USA. Would you expect a citizen of Peru to answer in the affirmative? After all they live in South America... Paul "Johnny Canuck" Chefurka