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From: ir278@sdcc6.UUCP (Paul Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: We're all Americans?  (Yeh, really.)
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 19:59:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 14 19:59:24 1985
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In article <14412@watmath.UUCP> jmsellens@watmath.UUCP (John M Sellens) writes:
>In article <634@qumix.UUCP> stoner@qumix.UUCP (David Stone) writes:
>> I hate to tell you this but we are all Americans !
>
>We used to be, but the only way us Canadians can be Americans anymore is
>if we're North Americans - it's just not the same without the adjective.
>
Geo-politigraphically (yikes!) speaking, anyone who lives in the
Western Hemisphere is an American. For instance, the treaty council
for West Hemisphere countries is called Organization of American
States. 
I'm not sure how USA people got to be called Americans, we're not
the first country here. Probably because "United Statesans", "United
States of Americans", and "Youessaians" sound silly.

Paul