Posted by PartlyCloudy on August 1, 2010, at 7:40:15
In reply to Re: America, posted by ed_uk2010 on August 1, 2010, at 5:20:01
> >When I lived in England we were all "Americans" so I got used to it.
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> Ha that's kind of true, we can't always tell the different between accents.I was under the impression it was more of a shortening of "North America" to "America". If ever I spoke to someone they'd mistake me for an Australian (??) or if I was lucky, a native with a speech impediment...
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