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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.....'"  |
The Explorer Amerigo Vespucci For Whom America Was Named
Amerigo Vespucci will long be remembered as the man America was named after but who was this inconsequential explorer and how did he get his name on two continents?
Amerigo Vespucci - Biography of Amerigo Vespucci