Our Canadian poet laureate, George Bowering, offers another way to say "U-S-ian." Years ago, he came up with "USAmerican," which I often use and quite like because they have a tendency to chant, "USA! USA!" (especially at sporting events). Rick At 11:57 AM 1/20/2004 -0500, you wrote: > Now, I may >be sounding somewhat American (or as my kids would say "U-S-ian" -- "they >don't own the whole continent") > >Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-