Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
Paul Scott dijo [Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 10:32:55PM -0700]:
> > And like I said before, "americano" and "norteamericano" used to refer
> > to people from the USA is the influence of TV mostly. Shows produced
> > in the USA use the word "american", which when translated becomes
> > "americano". Historically mexicans have called the people of the USA
> > "americanos", that's right, and that's more usual if you are talking
> > about people in the north of Mexico.
>
> I lived in Mexico 52 years ago before the influence of TV was that
> common and referring to citizens of the USA (not sure about Canada) as
> nortemericanos was already common then.
Canadians are 'canadienses'. Although the average Mexican does think
of the USA and Canada as something quite alike, Canadians do have
their own name :)
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