Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for October 11, 2012

Point taken – actually refine it to North Americans, Central Americans and South Americans, than keep drilling down to clarify actual location.

“North Americans” include Canadians. We say “pigs” for the live animals because that’s what the subservient Anglo-Saxons who cared for them called them; their Norman overlords, who spoke French, called the finished product that they ate, a French-derived word. pigs-pork; cow-beef, lamb-mutton, etc

in our 9th grade english class, we had one kid who would do this, the rest of us would suddenly have a free class.

Because the 50 states are each sovereign nations. Alabama and Texas are as much sovereign nations as England and Germany.

Because “United Statesian” is long and ugly, of course. Which doesn’t stop Spanish speakers from saying “estadounidense,” tho they sometimes use “norteamericano” to the exclusion of Canadians.

At any given time there are many that feel the terms “American” and “pig” are interchangable.

There are two “United States”. One is called “Mexico”.“Los Estados Unidos de Mexico.”

When India was partitioned, Pakistan took its name from an acronym of P(unjab), A(fghan Province), K(ashmir), S(ind), and (Baluchis)TAN (the “I” was added for ease of pronunciation). By that model, we might call ourselvesVwammaknnonnummfinnscrawktoccightlommpinnsvwwidamm or something…

The “Glen Park” and “Miller” sections of Gary, IN were going to dissannex themselves and form the new City of “Glen Miller”; but it never happened.

Lamb Mutton?? Two different things altogether.