Re: OT: Bush quotes
Tom writes:
> In France we sometime refer to the United States of America citizens as
> "Nord Américains" (Northern Americans ?), but then we have all the
> Canadian and Inuit pissed...
The Mexicans might not be pleased either. "North American" would be
appropriate for a resident of any of the three NAFTA nations.
> At least with "froggies" thing are clear, no one else want it...
In North America a "Frog" is a citizen of the Canadian province of Quebec.
Don't use it to his face, though, unless you are a lot bigger than he is.
> Not a simple issue for sure.
You could call us Columbians (note the "u").
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(name)>
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John Hasler
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