On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 06:17:49PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/31/07 13:39, Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: > [snip] > > > >I'm sorry, mate. But not everyone in this list and/or using Debian is > >from the USNA (United States of North America, as I call it, since it is > > not the only federative republic in America -- read North, Central and > >South). > > The USA was the "United States" for 48 years before the Spanish > colony of Mexico became Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. > > Thus, we claim first dibs.
In fact, at the time of the naming (1776), there were no other recognized "states" in the Americas. Just colonies. > And if you don't like it, stick it in your pipe and shove it where > the sun don't shine. But that doesn't justify being stupidly scatological. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at nitpickingblog.blogspot.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
