Re: American and British (English)

Hatunen <hatunen@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 14:04:56 +0200, nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:

Chuck Riggs <chriggs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 01:24:25 +0000 (UTC), wollman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Garrett Wollman) wrote:

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.

Not to ask a simplistic question, but why are such distinctions
important if we're all Americans?

Needless distinction.
We are all humans,

"American" is a culture, not a species.

For better or worse, though, it appears that much of the world is
trying to be American.

Americans are such strange people.
On one hand they believe that anti-Americanism is rife,
all over the world, and that 'everybody' despises Americans.
(see elsewhere in this very thread)

On the other hand they like to believe
that everybody is trying to be American.

Jan
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