U-S-A-merican Like the chant--USA! USA!--plus merican. That's how I pronounce it. We could ask George (who I suspect would deny having any authority to tell others how they should pronounce it; but he might tell us how he does). Cheers, Rick At 02:00 PM 1/20/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Yeah, Rick, but how do you pronounce it? > > > 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). > >Use-American, like Usenet? An American by function? > >-- Russ >St. Thomas University >http://www.StThomasU.ca/~hunt/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > 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/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-