Blame our forefathers, they picked the name.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 3:23 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America?
> 
> Well then, I feel cheated now, lol.
> 
> 
> Robert Bailey
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Famous for nothing!"
> http://www.tinetics.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:16 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America?
> 
> 
> No,
> 
> Unfortunately their really isn't a word that denotes "Citizen of the
> Unites States of America" so American has fallen into that black hole
> which combines the two.
> 
> So it is tricky, but I am a Kentuckian and an American.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 3:04 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America?
> >
> > How would that work? I see where you are going, but if someone in
> Canada
> > is Canadian and American, am I just American?
> >
> >
> > Robert Bailey
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > "Famous for nothing!"
> > http://www.tinetics.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 11:59 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America?
> >
> >
> > America, to me a US citizen, does not mean the country "The Unites
> > States of America"
> >
> > It means the continents that contain the US, Canada, Mexico, Cuba,
> > Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and the rest.
> >
> > It was named for Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian Explorer who first
came
> 
> > here in the 1400s, long before the first English Settlers showed up,
> and
> > long before the formation of the United States of America.
> >
> > That name came from the idea that the 13 colonies would be come 13
> > countries, but would operate together on foreign issues, Even
through
> > the civil war many people considered the state that country, and the
> USA
> > just a body that handled other issues.
> >
> > I am an American, Canadians are Americans, Brazilians are Americans
> >
> > Sorry for the rant, just had to get that off my chest.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:15 PM
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: Re: Did the Chinese discover America?
> > >
> > > South America is part of the America's  not America per say.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 2:06 PM
> > > Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Last time I checked South America is part of America ;)
> > > >
> > > > Canada is on the continent of North America.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 1:56 PM
> > > > > To: CF-Community
> > > > > Subject: Re: Did the Chinese discover America?
> > > > >
> > > > > Damn CF has ruined my brain.. I used to know my exploration
> > history...
> > > > >
> > > > > Columbus didn't actually discover america. the islands he
found
> > are
> > > > part
> > > > > of
> > > > > south america.. and the vikings.. I believe they landed up
near
> > Nova
> > > > > Scotia
> > > > > and Canada, not in America.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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