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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: [I'm not even sure what to write here]
Date: 4 Jun 2025 05:04:20 GMT
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On Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:41:34 +0100, Nuno Silva wrote:

> And "American" can get a bit ambiguous. To part of the audience, it
> might mean "from the American *continent*", to other part it might mean
> "from the USA".

Definitely. Canadians are a bit touchy about it. USAian just never caught 
on.  Then, as you say, there is the entire continent. If the USA wasn't 
the 500 pound gorilla it might be like saying Africa. I assume most people 
in the world can find the USA on a map where Guyana, Belize, Honduras, and 
so forth would be a stretch.