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From: | Pierce T . Wetter III |
Subject: | Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US |
Date: | Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:11:31 -0700 |
On Jul 21, 2004, at 11:34 AM, Miles Bader wrote:
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 08:14:19PM +0200, nadim wrote:I didn't intend to use the USian word as a pejorative word and I didn't even know it was. Columbia is in america so does Canada so I think it'spresumptuous for just the US citizens to be called americans. If other feel the USian is pejorative, I'd gladely change the word.For better for or worse, the term for U.S. citizen is "American".
I have a personal, very weird reason for preferring American to uzian. That is simply that I think its funny we call ourselves after the name of a guy who simply drew a map. Pierce
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