Subject: Re: Pacific Northwest
Date: Oct 3 12:36:00 1994
From: Museum Informatics Project - mip-arch at garnet.berkeley.edu


>Date: Mon, 3 Oct 94 11:51:59 -0700
>From: alanr at ednet1.osl.or.gov (Alan Richards)

>It's also very interesting to note how many Mexicans
>bridle at our usurpation of the title "American" to
>mean _North_ Americans (or U.S. only) when actually we
>-- both Canadians and lower 48 types -- share the
>Americas w/ many other countries.

>Alan Richards -- Naselle, WA USA
>===

Oops, Alan, you walked into that one....

Mexicans are also _North_ Americans.

And, Central and South Americans also note the U.S.A. "American usurpation",
as you note.
Peter Rauch