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** FROM : "John Doty" <jpd@w-d.org>
In article <CL9N9.1847$G46.129522938@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, "David
Eduardo" <amdavid@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> But in common usage, "American" is understood to mean relating to the
>> United States of America.
>
> In English, in North America, maybe. Elsewhere, and in any other
> language, would require specification of origin.
In Japanese, the usage closely follows American English usage: "Amerika"
means USA unless qualified by "north", "south", or "latin".
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