Boycott French Ski Jargon!

[Sue]

Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
(All the rest of the world can have a lie-in)

Boycott avalanches, couloirs, glaciers, crevasses, cornices, descents
and of course toilets!

--
Sue ];(:)

[Mike Speegle]

In news:Sue > typed:
> Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> (All the rest of the world can have a lie-in)
>
> Boycott avalanches, couloirs, glaciers, crevasses, cornices, descents
> and of course toilets!

Thanks god for men's trees. ;-)
--
Mike
__________________________________________________ ______
"Colorado Ski Country, USA" Come often, Ski hard,
Spend *lots* of money, Then leave as quickly as you can.

[Vern93]

In article >,
Sue > wrote:

> Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> (All the rest of the world can have a lie-in)
>
> Boycott avalanches, couloirs, glaciers, crevasses, cornices, descents
> and of course toilets!

You sound really piste off.

Dave

[cm]

"Sue" > a écrit dans le message de news:
...
> Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> (All the rest of the world can have a lie-in)
>
> Boycott avalanches, couloirs, glaciers, crevasses, cornices, descents
> and of course toilets!
>
> --
> Sue ];(:)
>
>

Quelle déconneuse cette Sue!

;)

[Mary Malmros]

Sue > writes:

> Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!

How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
people or things from the United States...but there is one in
Spanish: estadounidense.

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Mary Malmros
Some days you're the windshield,
Other days you're the bug.

[Vern93]

In article >,
Mary Malmros > wrote:

> > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
>
> How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> Spanish: estadounidense.

Sure there is! "American"

As in "American as apple pie" Silly foreigners with your coloured money
and funny accents....

Dave (looking for my asbestos binkie)

[Mike Speegle]

In news:Vern93 > typed:
> In article >,
> Mary Malmros > wrote:
>
> > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> >
> > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > Spanish: estadounidense.
>
> Sure there is! "American"
>
> As in "American as apple pie" Silly foreigners with your coloured
> money and funny accents....

There's USian. ;-)
--
Mike
__________________________________________________ ______
"Colorado Ski Country, USA" Come often, Ski hard,
Spend *lots* of money, Then leave as quickly as you can.

[pigo]

"Vern93" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Mary Malmros > wrote:
>
> > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> >
> > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > Spanish: estadounidense.
>
> Sure there is! "American"
>
> As in "American as apple pie" Silly foreigners with your coloured
money
> and funny accents....
>
> Dave (looking for my asbestos binkie)

"American" popped into my head immediately.

[Mary Malmros]

Vern93 > writes:

> In article >,
> Mary Malmros > wrote:
>
> > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> >
> > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > Spanish: estadounidense.
>
> Sure there is! "American"

....which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc.

--
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Mary Malmros
Some days you're the windshield,
Other days you're the bug.

[Joe the Aroma]

Mary Malmros > wrote in message >...
> Sue > writes:
>
> > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
>
> How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> Spanish: estadounidense.

Yes there is... American. And don't be retarded and say that that
describes Mexicans and Canuckians... they don't live on America but on
North America.


America is south of Canada and North of Mexico. Choke on it.

[Dave Harsant]

"Mary Malmros" > wrote in message
...
> Vern93 > writes:
>
> > In article >,
> > Mary Malmros > wrote:
> >
> > > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> > >
> > > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> > > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > > Spanish: estadounidense.
> >
> > Sure there is! "American"
>
> ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc.

Not according to non-Americans :-)

[pigo]

"Dave Harsant" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Mary Malmros" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Vern93 > writes:
> >
> > > In article >,
> > > Mary Malmros > wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> > > >
> > > > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English
describing
> > > > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > > > Spanish: estadounidense.
> > >
> > > Sure there is! "American"
> >
> > ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc.

"*North* Americans" would include: _Canadians_ _Americans_ _Mexicans_

[Alex Heney]

On 14 Jul 2003 11:09:49 -0700, (Joe the Aroma)
wrote:

>Mary Malmros > wrote in message >...
>> Sue > writes:
>>
>> > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
>>
>> How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
>> people or things from the United States...but there is one in
>> Spanish: estadounidense.
>
>Yes there is... American. And don't be retarded and say that that
>describes Mexicans and Canuckians... they don't live on America but on
>North America.
>

Typical US megalomania :-)

--

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Please remove NO and SPAM from above
address if replying by email.

[Sue]

In message >, bdubya
> writes
>On 13 Jul 2003 21:40:36 -0400, Mary Malmros > wrote:
>>
>>How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
>>people or things from the United States...but there is one in
>>Spanish: estadounidense.
>
>En francais: "etats-unisien". It almost rhymes with "Tunisian".
>

Merci tous les deux.

Post spiked for future reference (or so I can say "I'm sure there's a
word for that, I'm sure I kept a note, now where did I put it, I used to
be able to remember things before I caught BSE...
Er, what was I looking for?"
--
Sue ];(:)

[Mike Speegle]

In news:Alex Heney > typed:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:34:37 -0600, "pigo"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > "Dave Harsant" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > > "Mary Malmros" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Vern93 > writes:
> > > >
> > > > > In article >,
> > > > > Mary Malmros > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English
> > > > > > describing people or things from the United States...but
> > > > > > there is one in Spanish: estadounidense.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sure there is! "American"
> > > >
> > > > ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc.
> >
> > "*North* Americans" would include: _Canadians_ _Americans_
> > _Mexicans_
> >
>
> Almost.
>
> And *South* Americans includes Brazilians, Peruvians, Chileans, etc.
>
> Americans includes both.
>
> Although many people, both inside and outside the US, do tend to use
> it to mean citizens of the USA only.
>
> As a Pedant and professional hair splitter, I cannot condone this.

I agree with this post. ;-)
--
Mike
__________________________________________________ ______
Attempting to pass Mikey in the stats. ;-)

[Mike Speegle]

In news:Alex Heney > typed:
> On 14 Jul 2003 11:09:49 -0700, (Joe the Aroma)
> wrote:
>
> > Mary Malmros > wrote in message
> > >...
> > > Sue > writes:
> > >
> > > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> > >
> > > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> > > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > > Spanish: estadounidense.
> >
> > Yes there is... American. And don't be retarded and say that that
> > describes Mexicans and Canuckians... they don't live on America but
> > on
> > North America.
> >
>
> Typical US megalomania :-)

Not necessarily. American tends to be the default term for USians
around the world. The fact that it also describes almost everyone in
the western hemisphere is beside the point. America is often used as a
shorter version of the United States of America as Brazil is for the
Federative Republic of Brazil and so on.
--
Mike
__________________________________________________ ______
"Colorado Ski Country, USA" Come often, Ski hard,
Spend *lots* of money, Then leave as quickly as you can.

[bdubya]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:25:51 +0100, Alex Heney > wrote:

>On 14 Jul 2003 11:09:49 -0700, (Joe the Aroma)
>wrote:
>
>>Mary Malmros > wrote in message >...
>>> Sue > writes:
>>>
>>> > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
>>>
>>> How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
>>> people or things from the United States...but there is one in
>>> Spanish: estadounidense.
>>
>>Yes there is... American. And don't be retarded and say that that
>>describes Mexicans and Canuckians... they don't live on America but on
>>North America.
>>
>
>Typical US megalomania :-)

You might wanna watch yer lip there, neighbor; we're cookin' up a
fresh batcha intel, and talk like that could land you on the "unlawful
combatant" list..... ;-)

bw

[The Real Bev]

Dave Harsant wrote:
>
> "Mary Malmros" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Vern93 > writes:
> >
> > > In article >,
> > > Mary Malmros > wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> > > >
> > > > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> > > > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > > > Spanish: estadounidense.
> > >
> > > Sure there is! "American"
> >
> > ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc.
>
> Not according to non-Americans :-)

That's their problem, WE know who we are.

How about 'Yanks'? Much easier than "United States of Americans" to
distinguish ourselves from "United States of Mexicans".

--
Cheers,
Bev
...so few snipers, so many politicians...

[Mary Malmros]

The Real Bev > writes:

> Dave Harsant wrote:
> >
> > "Mary Malmros" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Vern93 > writes:
> > >
> > > > In article >,
> > > > Mary Malmros > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> > > > >
> > > > > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> > > > > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > > > > Spanish: estadounidense.
> > > >
> > > > Sure there is! "American"
> > >
> > > ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc.
> >
> > Not according to non-Americans :-)
>
> That's their problem, WE know who we are.
>
> How about 'Yanks'? Much easier than "United States of Americans" to
> distinguish ourselves from "United States of Mexicans".

Oh yeah, go try and fly that lead balloon down in Georgia. FYI, the
only people who are properly called "Yankees" are New Englanders,
mostly of English ancestry, whose families have been continuously
residing there for at least a couple hundred years.

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Mary Malmros
Some days you're the windshield,
Other days you're the bug.

[The Real Bev]

Mary Malmros wrote:
>
> The Real Bev > writes:
>
> > Dave Harsant wrote:
> > >
> > > "Mary Malmros" > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Vern93 > writes:
> > > >
> > > > > Mary Malmros > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> > > > > > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > > > > > Spanish: estadounidense.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sure there is! "American"
> > > >
> > > > ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc.
> > >
> > > Not according to non-Americans :-)
> >
> > That's their problem, WE know who we are.
> >
> > How about 'Yanks'? Much easier than "United States of Americans" to
> > distinguish ourselves from "United States of Mexicans".
>
> Oh yeah, go try and fly that lead balloon down in Georgia. FYI, the
> only people who are properly called "Yankees" are New Englanders,
> mostly of English ancestry, whose families have been continuously
> residing there for at least a couple hundred years.

I thought the intent was to find a word that would work for non-Yanks,
i.e., "foreigners," who would not be likely to care or perhaps even know
about the Mason-Dixon line. When the phrase "YANKEE GO HOME" was popular,
would southerners have been allowed to stay?

--
Cheers,
Bev
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Tell him that the
government will give him lots of fish and he will vote for you forever.
When he doesn't get any fish, blame the other guys." --A Taxpayer

[Mary Malmros]

The Real Bev > writes:

> Mary Malmros wrote:
> >
> > The Real Bev > writes:
> >
> > > Dave Harsant wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Mary Malmros" > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Vern93 > writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Mary Malmros > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing
> > > > > > > people or things from the United States...but there is one in
> > > > > > > Spanish: estadounidense.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sure there is! "American"
> > > > >
> > > > > ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Not according to non-Americans :-)
> > >
> > > That's their problem, WE know who we are.
> > >
> > > How about 'Yanks'? Much easier than "United States of Americans" to
> > > distinguish ourselves from "United States of Mexicans".
> >
> > Oh yeah, go try and fly that lead balloon down in Georgia. FYI, the
> > only people who are properly called "Yankees" are New Englanders,
> > mostly of English ancestry, whose families have been continuously
> > residing there for at least a couple hundred years.
>
> I thought the intent was to find a word that would work for non-Yanks,
> i.e., "foreigners," who would not be likely to care or perhaps even know
> about the Mason-Dixon line.

I can't speak for anyone's "intent", but it's the height of rudeness
-- if not imprudence -- to slap a label on a group of people without
making some effort to find out if they like wearing it -- no matter
how convenient it may be for the label-slappers.

--
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Mary Malmros
Some days you're the windshield,
Other days you're the bug.

[scottabe]

in article
cGhhdHBoaWw=.975779ed554e510c5504717f592e8214@1058 271347.cotse.net,
CurtisLemay at wrote on 7/15/03 5:15 AM:

> The Mad Cow wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> Now there's an on-topic post. Mediocre troll at best, dickhead. Sort
> of shoots your credibility all to hell, doesn't it. It proves conclusively
> that you're a major league asshole just like me and bob. What a
> schmuck. The difference between me and you two is that I'm
> smart enough to know it.
>
You know you are a major league asshole?
Then why not get help for your insane behavior?

[Dave Harsant]

"Mary Malmros" > wrote in message
...
> The Real Bev > writes:
>
> > Mary Malmros wrote:
> > >
> > > The Real Bev > writes:
> > >
> > > > Dave Harsant wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Mary Malmros" > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Vern93 > writes:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Mary Malmros > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English
describing
> > > > > > > > people or things from the United States...but there is one
in
> > > > > > > > Spanish: estadounidense.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sure there is! "American"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Not according to non-Americans :-)
> > > >
> > > > That's their problem, WE know who we are.
> > > >
> > > > How about 'Yanks'? Much easier than "United States of Americans" to
> > > > distinguish ourselves from "United States of Mexicans".
> > >
> > > Oh yeah, go try and fly that lead balloon down in Georgia. FYI, the
> > > only people who are properly called "Yankees" are New Englanders,
> > > mostly of English ancestry, whose families have been continuously
> > > residing there for at least a couple hundred years.
> >
> > I thought the intent was to find a word that would work for non-Yanks,
> > i.e., "foreigners," who would not be likely to care or perhaps even know
> > about the Mason-Dixon line.
>
> I can't speak for anyone's "intent", but it's the height of rudeness
> -- if not imprudence -- to slap a label on a group of people without
> making some effort to find out if they like wearing it -- no matter
> how convenient it may be for the label-slappers.
the bug.

So are you implying we Aussies should not call you Seppos? :-)

However, language is colloquial and ever evolving, and as someone else has
pointed out, "American" has more than one dictionary meaning. Context
defines which is intended. So when the rest of the world says Yank or
Americans , we know what is meant. :-)