> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Herbert Graf
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:12 PM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: RE: [OT] CNNN Was: CNN street questionary: who to invade next
:)
> 
> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 18:04 -0500, William Killian wrote:
> > > To some people living in the American continents but not in the
US, if
> > > you were to say "you're an American" to them, they'd actually be
> > > insulted.
> >
> > Would they?  Are you sure context isn't important?
> 
> Yes absolutely. In fact I personally know some people that would be
> insulted if you called them American.
> 
> In Canada there is no ambiguity: American means "of the US", without
> question.
> 
> Now, if you called them "North Americans", that they'd have zero
problem
> with.

Sounds like a personal problem with ignorance.  And not mine.

They would literally freak if some Chinese national in broken English
asked if they were European or American?

Way too touchy.

Would they object to being called white even though they are pink?
(Guessing they aren't brown by playing the odds - I do work in casino
gaming after all)



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