At 07:24 PM 8/9/03 -0700, RickK wrote:
User Wik is intent on trying to claim that people from
the United States
are "U.S.", not "American". I have backed off on almost every
argument
that I've been involved in since I came to Wikipedia, but I can't see
backing off on this. It is offensive to me to have my nationality
minimized like this, as if I don't have the right to call myself what I
feel I am. "U.S." is not the correct term to use to describe people and
institutions of the United States.
Depending on context, either or both is correct. I am an American, but an
American
or a US citizen; the U.S. government is often referred to that way; and
while the
ambassador to France is the American ambassador, our representative in Lima
is the
"Ambassador of the United States of America" on all official paperwork.
How about you both put this aside until Monday?
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Vicki Rosenzweig
vr(a)redbird.org
http://www.redbird.org