arromdee@crabcake.cs.jhu.edu (Kenneth Arromdee) (10/22/89)
In article <1164@uvaarpa.virginia.edu> hb@Virginia.EDU (Hank Bovis) writes: >>This sort of anti-American sentiment is very chic in Canada. ... >Ok, one quibble... >I believe it is anti-*U.S.* sentiment that is chic, not anti-American >sentiment. In fact, one of the complaints seems to be that the U.S. >has "appropriated" the name of two whole continents all to itself. Let's not go through this again. Nobody complains about the names "Colombia" (or for that matter British Columbia), a reference to Columbus or "Ecuador" (which means "equator"). Ecuador has appropriated the name of a whole great circle to itself. Yeah, right.... Besides, other countries, such as Mexico, also have "United States" in their names, so always referring to the U.S. be just as bad. (Note the followup-to line) -- "The workers ceased to be afraid of the bosses. It's as if they suddenly threw off their chains." -- a Soviet journalist, about the Donruss coal strike Kenneth Arromdee (UUCP: ....!jhunix!arromdee; BITNET: arromdee@jhuvm; INTERNET: arromdee@crabcake.cs.jhu.edu)
hb@uvaarpa.virginia.edu (Hank Bovis) (10/23/89)
In article <1359@igloo.Scum.COM> learn@igloo.Scum.COM (Bill Vajk) writes: >In article <1164@uvaarpa.virginia.edu> Hank Bovis writes: >> Ok, one quibble... I believe it is anti-*U.S.* ... , not anti-American ... >... The name wasn't so much apropriated as assigned ... >[further overreaction to "quibble" deleted] Sheesh... note the followup line... hb