To: uaca@alumni.uv.es
Cc: Herman Oosthuysen <Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com>,
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Subject: Re: The X-Window System
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From: Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp>
Date: 06 May 2003 12:55:58 +0900
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uaca@alumni.uv.es writes:
> well... I don't think that "America" is a good example
> 
> there are a lot countries/population in America not in the USA

I know this gets some people's knickers in a twist, but in normal
English usage, `America' means the USA.

[In practice this isn't even confusing because it's pretty rare to refer
to both North and South America together as a unit, and then most people
seem to use `the Americas']

-Miles
-- 
Would you like fries with that?
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