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.

-- 
Phil Cook

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