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On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:04:30 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:32:43 -0000, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospam com> did spake, saying:
>
>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:22:34 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:
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>>>> 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.
Well, it is, but in Mexico, the residents there don't call it "Los
estados unidos de Mexico", but rather just "Mexico". "Los estados
unidos" is reserved specifically for the USA. :-)
Jim
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