On Mon, 3 Oct 1994 Eugene Hunn wrote:

In Mexico (and points south) it's a real tongue twister. Can't just say
"Americanos," rather "Estadounidenses"...

Gene.

On Mon, 3 Oct 1994, Museum Informatics Project wrote:

> >Date: Mon, 3 Oct 94 13:38:50 -0700
> >From: dpaulson at ups.edu (Dennis Paulson)
> >Subject: RE: Pacific Northwest
>
> >Michael, you are certainly correct to feel that most USers (pronounced
> >"you-essers") (*that* should be our name, not *Americans*) are ...
>
> Well, maybe no. The name of the country is United States of America.
> If we were to follow the practice of some other "United States", then
> we could rightfully call ourselves "Americans" (there _are_ other US's).
> Maybe the whole name is presumptuous, but given it, we are probably
> as correct as anyone about how we refer to ourselves.
>
> >nationocentric and rather calloused to the sensitivities of the residents
> >of other countries,
>
> Perhaps other countries who object to us calling ourselves "Americans"
> need to consider the above (stones, glass houses, etc).
>
> > I suspect deep
> >in the subconscious most of us USers wish that everything north of the
> >Mexican border was one country, so we wouldn't have to think about you
> >people to the north as different (too much thinking messes up your mind).
> >After all you do look a lot like us, you speak the same language (eh?), and
> >when we drive on any main southern Canadian street, we have to look very
> >closely to see we aren't in the U.S.
>
> Of course, if you get too close to our southern borders, you'd have the
> same argument....
>
> >Well, I keep hoping Political Correctness will fold up its tents and steal
> >away, but instead it's added geographic references to its
> >repertoire....argghh. But it does call attention to the irony of just about
> >every aspect of life.
>
> Name calling, it is. Just like what taxonomists/systematist are trained to
> do. What kind of differences make a difference, huh? ;>)
>
> Yours in P.C., and Bordering on NeverNeverLand,
> Peter Rauch
>