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09 Oct 2007, 10:32 pm

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How about ... "Wayward subjects of the Crown" ?

That didn't work out so well for George III, eh? :lol:

Shocking waste of perfectly good tea, to my mind.

It was salty and cold after that.

Would taht then explain the american preference for the aberration that is iced tea?

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09 Oct 2007, 10:43 pm

Macbeth wrote:

Fuzzy wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

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Macbeth wrote:

How about ... "Wayward subjects of the Crown" ?

That didn't work out so well for George III, eh? :lol:

Shocking waste of perfectly good tea, to my mind.

It was salty and cold after that.

Would taht then explain the american preference for the aberration that is iced tea?

They cooled your tea AND your beer!

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10 Oct 2007, 3:07 am

Septics

(not new - rhyming slang)

:lol:

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10 Oct 2007, 3:15 am

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Septics

(not new - rhyming slang)

:lol:

i dont get it. septic tank = bank?

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10 Oct 2007, 3:25 am

septic tank = Yank

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10 Oct 2007, 3:49 am

Fuzzy wrote:

They cooled your tea AND your beer!

If you tasted american beer (and most teas here
for that matter), you wouldn't blame us.

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10 Oct 2007, 3:55 am

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septic tank = Yank

ah -of course! :lol:

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11 Oct 2007, 4:29 pm

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VespucciLand! Named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian mapmaker who accidentally lent his first name as the moniker for two continents.

God bless VespucciLand! :lol:

Woo Hoo!! Glad that's solved. Let's go with that. I am now an Vespuccian!

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12 Oct 2007, 6:37 pm

How about North Americans?

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12 Oct 2007, 8:26 pm

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How about North Americans?

If we follow the logic that Canada is a part of the continent of America, then THEY are actually the true north americans. There is already a Central America and a South america.. so we would have to find a location between centre and north. Just above middle Americans? Lower north americans?

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12 Oct 2007, 10:23 pm

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Lower north americans?

Wouldn't that be "Baja North Americans" ?

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12 Oct 2007, 10:41 pm

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Its quite simple - America is a continent, not an officially recognised country.

Canadians are americans.
Mexicans are americans.
etc.

Even if we accept the national name 'US(of)A' as being of semantic validity (which im not at all sure about), we are still left the problem of what to call its residents. They are americans obviously, but what name is there to distunguish them from all the other americans?

any thoughts?

In a few generations, we're all going to be Mexicans anyways, so let's just make it official. :twisted:

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13 Oct 2007, 5:28 am

United-staters.

Or Washingtonians from Washingtonland. George, that is. The DEAD George, not the live one.

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13 Oct 2007, 8:10 am

jdbob wrote:

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Lower north americans?

Wouldn't that be "Baja North Americans" ?

Possibly. I ran out of ideas for words that could mean "not quite north" ...

OOh.. Not Quite North Americans?

Hate it when my brain does that.

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13 Oct 2007, 6:35 pm

Star Spanglers?

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13 Oct 2007, 6:40 pm

Seeing as the United Sates is more importan than all them foreigners, maybe, we should keep the rights to America. We're important enough to deserve 2 names for our country. Also we're the only actual country with America in our name, so that has to count for something.

My proposition is as follows.

The United States of America remains The United States of America.

South America can become East Africa.

Central America can become Northeast Africa, or the Afro-American Isthmus.

And Canada can become Hockeyland.

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