[PRCo] Re: US APPRECIATION

[John Swindler]

Your confusing nations with continents, Fred.

Last time I checked, these 48 states (+2) between Canada and Mexico were 
called The United States of America.  (somewhere I read that it was 'These' 
United States prior to Civil War)

So it comes from the privilige of being the first to risk their future on 
independence.  Who knows:  if what is now Canada had been first, perhaps 
that nation to our north would be known as the 'United States of America'.  
Or perhaps the 'United Provinces of America'.

John, a Pennsylvanian


>From: Fred Schneider <fschnei at supernet.com>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: US APPRECIATION
>Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:27:48 -0400
>
>When did we become Americans and the Canadians lost their ties to North
>America.  It seems to me that Argentinians, Peruvians, Chileans, Mexicans,
>Brazilians, Panamanians, Canadians, Pennsylvanians all live in the 
>Americas.
>Did the U. S. mentality expel everyone else from the Americas?  Did we take 
>the
>name to be our own?
>John Bromley wrote:
>
> > Be happy to be included in western wrath.  That puts you in the same
> > category as us easterners.  Remember how close Alberta and BC are to 
>Montana
> > and Idaho, whose good citizens also number perhaps the largest 
>percentage
> > (fortunately still in single digits) of weird Americans.
> >
> > It has nothing to do with my attitude towards Americans, gained as a 
>child
> > in the late 1940s-early 1950s when we visited all sorts of places from
> > Boston to Dallas (including Pittsburgh and you know how I feel about 
>that
> > place from the hundreds of photos and slides), but my wife was and is an
> > American (dual citizenship) and the majority of her relatives, all in 
>the
> > US, are some of the finest people I know.
> >
> > Enough sucking up.   This thread should probably die before Derrick 
>commits
> > murder.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 11:42 AM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: US APPRECIATION
> >
> > >                      PERSONAL OPINION WARNING! :-)
> > >
> > > Thanks, John. I know we all appreciate your support. You heard about 
>the
> > > Nova Scotia highway patrolman who verbally abused a car full of people
> > > because he assumed they were Yanks? The car had license plates from 
>either
> > a
> > > Mid Atlantic or New England state. Problem was, most of the people in 
>the
> > > car were Canadian born and were visiting relatives in the province.
> > >
> > > May I add that I stopped participating on Dr. DeArmond's lists for a 
>long
> > > period of time due to all the Yank bashing. Richard is American born 
>and
> > is
> > > wonderful person, but many of his list members are from British 
>Columbia
> > > (now known to some of us as "Canuckistan".)  Some of them bash the 
>U.S.
> > > relentlessly. That really rubbed some of us Yanks the wrong way. There 
>are
> > > about six of us who remain on the lists to keep up with the news, but 
>we
> > > seldom post.
> > >
> > > I appreciated the private e-mails you sent me about this subject some
> > months
> > > ago. Some of the western Canadians have made wise cracks to the effect
> > that
> > > Toronto and Hamilton should be annexed by Michigan because the people
> > > residing there are "as uptight and materialistic as bloody Americans." 
>:-)
> > >
> > >  The New Zealanders on the list also seem hostile to Americans.
> > >
> > > Their choice. I have my prejudices, too.
> > >
> > > I scrubbed all plans to visit B.C., and since the attitudes in 
>Seattle,
> > > Washington towards low brows such as myself aren't much better, I 
>decided
> > to
> > > cancel a family vacation we planned to take there as well.
> > >
> > > The friendliest traction fans I've met are mostly from Pittsburgh,
> > Toronto,
> > > Texas, D.C./Maryland and Philadelphia. Have met some nice people from
> > > Chicago and Seattle, but not as many as those from Toronto and the Mid
> > > Atlantic region.
> > >
> > > K.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

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