From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,700e3c547aedfa54 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-22 11:21:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!falcon.america.net!eagle.america.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C9B84DB.90F241EE@otelco.net> From: Larry Hazel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,x-ns11F8K63r3NhQ,x-ns2r2e09OnmPe2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Waay OT - America (was: Ada?) References: <3C9B795A.A4828110@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:24:12 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.0.32.230 X-Trace: eagle.america.net 1016824888 66.0.32.230 (Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:21:28 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:21:28 EST Organization: 24hoursupport.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21556 Date: 2002-03-22T13:24:12-06:00 List-Id: Darren New wrote: > > Christoph Grein wrote: > > America, America ... not all of America is the USA. There are about 30 other > > countries on this continent! > > Strangely enough, whenever I'm in Europe and people ask me where I'm > from, I say "I'm from the US." The answer is invariably "America, you > mean?" After several weeks, I just gave up. :-) > I just told them I am from Alabama. Larry