Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: bill@server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.sys.pdp11,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Date: 23 May 2014 16:22:40 GMT Organization: Computing Sciences Dept., University of Scranton Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <535.289T2107T5005012@kltpzyxm.invalid> Reply-To: billg999@cs.uofs.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: individual.net I5M1JB6VQWjfW02wuDInyA2JDdyFLHHSLaebFtH9QZbexzWWyl Cancel-Lock: sha1:TA+2rI4P0QDbnxKdXSK9rWcpIU8= X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 X-Face: #S"T9jP[OH$fbA-]+!@r#:cHoa=2+R{,NY(E9Mw0/G2D_((6`6R8@JjodwakR~(J?mCY+]yn//;$5;=/Gc'22VrB Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:3030 In article , Stephen Sprunk writes: > On 22-May-14 17:58, Charles Richmond wrote: >> "Charlie Gibbs" wrote in message >> news:535.289T2107T5005012@kltpzyxm.invalid... >>> In article , >>> Huge@nowhere.much.invalid (Huge) writes: >>>> Interesting that although America has retained much obsolete >>>> British terminology, usage and units, they have discarded the >>>> stone. And the fortnight. >>> >>> Maybe they just don't like the number 14. >> >> Charlie, in a sense, everyone in North and South America... are >> Americans. > > Technically, yes, but in common usage, "Americans" refers only to people > from the US, while "North Americans" refers to people from the US and > Canada and, depending on context, Central America and/or the Caribbean. > "South Americans" is unambiguous, except some in the US might > misinterpret that as people from the South(east)ern US. Contrary to popular notions, US citizens are not that stupid and we know what South America means. bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves billg999@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton | Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include