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 17:55:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C9BE08E.E0EDA493@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Waay OT - America References: <3C9B795A.A4828110@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 01:55:34 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.86.204.113 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1016848534 209.86.204.113 (Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:55:34 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:55:34 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:55:36 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21566 Date: 2002-03-23T01:55:34+00:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus wrote: > > Preben Randhol 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. -- Jeff Carter "I fart in your general direction." Monty Python & the Holy Grail