Re: Waay OT - America

[Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>]

Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> 
> Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote:
> 
> :> 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
> :
> : Which United States ? ;-)
> 
> Estados Unidos, EEUU, that's pretty clear isn't it?

Randhol was probably referring to the many other countries that have
"United States" in their full names, such as the Mexican United States,
the United States of Brazil, and so on. You have to remember that at one
time the USA was actually admired by other countries. Mexico, Brazil,
and Australia all copied the District of Columbia idea and established
federal districts, not part of any state, to house their capital cities.

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Jeff Carter
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