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"Jack Campin - bogus address" <bogus@purr.> wrote in message
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>> As I said this isn't a language specific issue at all. Because
>> Canadians live in America they aren't Africans nor Asians but
>> Americans. Just like Finns are both North European and European.
>> It would be insane to insist Finns being North European but not
>> European.
>
> As far as people from Latin America are concerned, Canadians are
> Americans like themselves.
You're generalizing too much. I was trying to set Markku straight on the
idea that in Canadian English, an American is a citizen of the USA. Bringing
Spanish into this is only going to confuse the matter.
> Anglophone Americans, whether from Canada or the US, may
> disagree.
Why is it so hard for those of you who've learned your English on the east
side of the Atlantic to understand that in our variations of the language,
no one from Canada (excepting those who moved south and acquired
dual-citizenship) can rightfully be called Americans?
Richard |