Mike........... wrote:
> Following up to Kathleen Hansen
>
>> Seriously, when was the last
>> time you ever heard a Canadian or a Mexican, let alone a south American
>> self-identify as an "American"?
>
> its something that only exists on usenet as far as I know, I did ask if any
> south americans get upset, i'm unclear what the answer was.
I worked in the Middle East with some Canadians and they always
identified themselves as "North Americans." Finally asked one why and he
said most Arabs thought everyone who spoke "American English" were
Americans and didn't even know where Canada was. I thought he was just
trying to pretend he was a real 'Murican. <G>