America and American

[James Smith]

Just my limited experience, but I knew several
Canadians in the 60's who, when they heard USians
refer to themselves as Americans, made it clear that
Canadians were Americans also.


--- Paul Frank <paulfrank at WANADOO.FR> wrote:
> In Spanish many people say "americano" when they
> mean someone from the
> American continent. One of Pablo Neruda's poems, an
> ode to the potato, says
> "somos americanos." My question is this: when did
> the words America and
> American become synonymous with the United States of
> America? Have Canadians
> ever thought of themselves as being American (though
> not in the sense of
> being part of the United States)?
>
> Paul
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South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
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