Re: American and British (English)

In article <0001HW.C4B8EF6800025E18B01AD9AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Varela <OLDlamps@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

As far as I know, the Indians never asked to be Native Americans, it was
paleface do-gooders who hung that on them.

How do you propose we distinguish "Americans descended from people
Columbus mistakenly thought were from India" from "Americans descended
from people who actually were from India"? I don't think "ABD" is
widely known or would be widely used even if it were.

-GAWollman
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