>>>>>>The Glockenspiel is a type of German xylophone
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>>>>>>Drift! DRIFT!
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>>>>>Nope, it's impossible to drift from this thread. Go where you will, but you'll be on topic!
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>>>>Plate techtonics incorporates continental drift. America is a continent. The people call themselves Americans. They like to carry guns and use them. A popular gun is a Glock ... DOH! You're right!
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>>>America is a continent? Where was I when that happened?
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>>You know how it is when you are a resident of a one time Empire. You look at the world with a different set of glasses. Now could he have meant North or South America? Perhaps he meant both? :)
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>Of course I meant that. Even though I live on an island I still know what a continent is. If Mike nit-pickingingly meant that I suggested that the COUNTRY of America is a continent, then he's wrong, as there IS no such country - it's the USA.

In that case, when did "The people" of 'North America' begin to "call themselves Americans"?

Either you were talking about the U.S. and got the continent thing wrong, or you were talking about 'North America' and got the 'Americans' thing wrong.

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>resident of a one time Empire - as opposed to the residents of a modern existing empire!