>The United States
of America is the only sovereign nation in the world with the word America in its official name. Actually, the founders of this country started that and I guess they were optimists or simply imperialists and hoped to one day expand over the entire continent? :o) (That statement probably is true!)
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>The preposition
of is equivalent to the
of in Federative Republic
of Brazil, Commonwealth
of Australia, or Federal Republic
of Germany.
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http://www.wiki-mirror.be/index.php/Use_of_the_word_American#The_alternativesThat's an intersting article, Ms Rhona Research, and more or less complements what I said. However, if hispanics object to America referring only to the USA why did they sing "I love to be in America" in West Side Story? :-)
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>I like this opinion on it:
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http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2006/11/27/stop-being-hung-up-on-the-term-american/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.just-a-webpage.com%2Frantings%2F%3Fp%3D79&frame=trueMan, he goes on, doesn't he!
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Still, no-one's come up with either of the expressions I heard on QI. Maybe you guys just aren't aware of them.
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
