"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message 
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> And lo on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:32:43 -0000, Jim Henderson 
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
>
>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:22:34 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:
>>
>>>> You know, when I was in Europe for six or seven weeks, people would ask
>>>> me where I was from. I'd say "The United States."  The answer was
>>>> invariably "You mean America?"
>>>
>>> As opposed to Mexico.
>>
>> Mexico isn't part of the United States (in Spanish, "Los Estados Unidos"
>> refers to the United States of America - and ask any Mexican if that
>> includes Mexico and you're likely to get laughed out of the country).
>
> Sorry I thought Mexico was a republic with 31 states and could therefore 
> be refered to as the United States of Mexico.

You're thinking of the United States of Canada.

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