Re: Is 'Yanks' felt to be insulting or derogatory?

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:28:47 +0200, nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (J.
J. Lodder) wrote:

tony cooper <tony_cooper213@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I've been to two houses he designed in the Chicago area, toured
Florida Southern several years ago, and went to a showing of his plans
and sketches at the Guggenheim in NYC (which he designed). I also
enjoyed an exhibition of his furniture.

Great architect. Lousy word coiner.

No, I tried to tell you that the American idea
that is those others who try to force North Americans
to call themselves USonians is mistaken.

Wright's prairie houses in the Chicago area were not examples of
his Usonian architecture.

A decade or so ago an actual Usonian house was set up behind the
Marin County courthouse in California (which he also designed)
and it was quite different from those prairie houses, as it also
was from, say, Fallingwater.

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