Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My wife - who is Peruvian - considers herself American. I think that "American" has become synonymous with US citizen simply because it is cumbersome to say "I am an US citizen". Many Germans refer to their country as Europa. I have been hearing this as far back as 1960 Maybe for political, cultural, personal, and other reasons, some Canadians may not want to associate themselves with what "America" (US) has come to represent in their eyes. Joseph Codispoti From Paul "Johnny Canuck" Chefurka. > 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...