So which are you? -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 4:24 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Did the Chinese discover America?
Real old joke - you see a group of people sitting around a table. How do you tell the Canadians from the Americans? Start talking about how Canadians and Americans are actually the same. The ones that throw a fit are the Canadians. larry At 02:59 PM 1/14/03 -0500, you wrote: >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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
