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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: north of the border
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 12:00:36 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 12:00:36 1985
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> When visiting cousins in Canada a few years ago, I got called on referring 
> to myself as an American as though they were not.  My solution was not to
> call myself a "Unitedstatesian," rather a "US American."  Simple, and not too
> difficult to pronounce either!  

	Scylla:		Remember, Canadians are Americans too!
	Charybdis:	Please don't call us "Americans!"
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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