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Originally Posted by chinthee  ^ Whiteshiva, All valid points. And, if you go back and look at how the British empire conducted itself during its reign, you can understand why Americans call themselves Americans. |
But why didn't their newly liberated country something. They could have named it after Christopher Columbus - oh no - that name was already taken by the leaf-chewing Columbians....
I know, they could name themselves after the European who discovered America - let's call the country Eriksonia!
Eriksonia - inhabited by Eriksonians - it has a nice ring to it......
"George W Bush, president of Eriksonia: 'My dear fellow Eriksonians.....'"
